Via Traiana

224, Lot: 533. Estimate $100. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 113. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIA TRAIANA in exergue, female (Via Traiana) reclining left on rocks, holding wheel. RIC II 266; RSC 648. VF, toned.

The Via Traiana, constructed at Trajan's own expense between AD 109 and AD 113, replaced the Via Appia as the usual route between Brindisium to Beneventum, serving as an important link between Rome and the East.