Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.46 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa mid AD 107-110. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 610 – Session 2
Lot: 1067.
Closing Date: Jun 4 2026 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 500

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.46 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa mid AD 107-110. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Arched, single-span bridge with seven posts across Danube River; single-bay arches at either end, surmounted by statues; boat sailing left in river below. RIC II 569; Woytek 314bD; Banti 261; cf. Elkins, Monuments, Figure 117 (for rev. type). Thick green-brown patina, minor marks. Good VF.

From the Denis P. Barrett Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 407 (11 October 2017), lot 563.

The bridge on the reverse of this coin is generally thought to be that constructed across the Danube by Trajan’s architect, Apollodorus of Damascus, in AD 104. There is good circumstantial evidence for this. The date range for this coin’s issue is closely contemporary with the date of the bridge’s construction and would fit in well programmatically with those war-related issues of the same time frame.

Closing Date and Time: 4 June 2026 at 10:22:00 ET.

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