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Trajan, AE Sestertius, AD 98-117, Rome, Struck AD 115, 25.11g. 

Rev: IMPERATOR VIII S C, Trajan seated right on platform, 
extending right hand and attended by two standing officers, 
a lictor shouldering fasces standing right before the 
platform; three helmeted soldiers standing left, each holding a shield, two of them raising their right arms 
to acclaim Trajan and the third holding a horse by the bridle. The heads and standards of three standard-bearers, 
are visible in a second row above the heads of the soldiers 
and the horse in the front row. 

RIC 656; Cohen 176; BMCRE 1017; Strack 463