CNG - Trajan. AE Sestertius. Alimentia. nVF
$228.50        
01/05/00,
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     Trajan. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.55 gm). 103-111 AD. IMP CAES
     NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V P P, laureate bust
     right, drapery on left shoulder / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C,
     Abundantia standing left, holding corn-ears and cornucopiae; at
     her feet, a child; in exergue, ALIM ITAL. RIC II 459; Cohen 7.

     This coin celebrates the Alimentia, a public loan program
     intended to aid orphans and other needy children. The state
     loaned money to farmers to purchase land, the interest being used
     to feed the children. The program was initiated by Nerva and
     greatly expanded by Trajan.