The Danube River

370, Lot: 416. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.94 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 107-108. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery / Danuvius reclining left on rocks, head right, hand on prow of ship, reeds over arm. RIC II 100; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. VF, overcleaned, some porosity.

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