The Danube River

361, Lot: 928. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. 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.

From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 271 (11 January 2012), lot 432.

Danuvius is the personification of the Danube River. The building of a bridge over the river during Trajan’s reign was a marvel of engineering.