277, Lot: 235. Estimate $100. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa mid AD 107-110. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Single-span bridge across river; arched tower at either end, boat in river below. RIC II 569 var. (bust type); Woytek 314cC; Banti 266. Fine, green surfaces, some bare metal showing through. Rare.

This reverse is thought to represent a bridge over the Danube constructed under the direction of Apollodorus of Damascus, Trajan’s master engineer, who also designed the emperor’s famous forum.