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Trajan’s Column

310, Lot: 379. Estimate $100.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (20mm, 2.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 113-114. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan’s Column: statue of Trajan on column on rounded base, two eagles flanking at base of column. RIC II 292; Woytek 425v; RSC 559. Good Fine, toned, hairline flan crack, minor marks.


From the RVP Collection.

Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of the Forum Traiani, built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.