Trajan AE sestertius. Struck AD 103-111 AD. 34.29mm, 26.82 g.

IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S-C across fields, the Danube 
standing left, placing knee on Dacia, whom he forces to the ground. 

RIC II 556 var. (bust type); BMCRE 793; Cohen 525-526; Strack 383; Paris 532.

With permission of TimeLine Auctions 
(www.timelineauctions.com), June, 2016

Ex Numismatik Lanz, auction 160, Lot 403.