271, Lot: 432. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.21 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 107-108. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / DANVVIVS in exergue, Danuvius reclining left on rocks, head right, hand on prow of ship, reeds over arm. RIC II 100; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. VF, light toning.

Danuvius is the personification of the Danube River. The building of a bridge crossing this river during the Dacian War was a marvel of engineering.