Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
Posts: 2,365
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Trajan (98 - 117 AD); OB: IMP CAES NERVAE TRIANO AVG GER DAC (PM COS V PP). The coin is very well worn, it's popular and scarce because the Danube bridge was a major engineering accomplishment and allowed for Rome to expand the empire. Rx: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI & SC. There's much more to be said about this bridge, parts of which still stand. It allowed the permanent settlement of Dacia, which itself is responsible for a whole series of coins commemorating that victory, not the least of which is the Trajan's Column coin, itself a very popular piece among collectors. Nice examples are Rare and trend at $2k - $5k. It has "Tiber toning", weighs 26.41 g. at 33.8 mm. RIC II # 569. Struck in 105 AD.
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