Ruler
Trajan
Value
Sestertius
Reverse Legend
AQVA TRAIANA River god reclining
Grade
Good very fine
Mint
Rome
Date
111 A.D.
Weigth and Diameter
23.27 g., 34 mm.
Metal
Bronze
Roman Empire - Trajan (AD 98-117)
Bronze sestertius, (23.27 g., 34 mm.) - Minted in Rome AD 111.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder.
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, River god reclining to left under arched grotto supported by two columns, resting arm on urn and holding reed; AQVA TRAIANA in two lines in exergue, S-C to left and right of exergue.
RIC II 463; BMCRE 873; Woytek 359b.
Good very fine, very attractive old cabinet green-brown patina. Very scarce!
2025-6277 (7730)