Trajan AE As, 12.39 gr, 26.96 mm. Rome. 104-107 AD.

Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR COS V P P, laureate head right.
Rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of robe.

RIC 519; not in Sear for an As. cf Sear 3200 (Sestertius).

Courtesy of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), March, 2011