Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1324. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Dupondius (13.02 gm). Struck 112-114 AD. Radiate and draped bust right / The Genius of the Aqua Traiana reclining left under arched grotto, elbow resting on urn from which water flows, holding reed. RIC II 464; Cohen 22. Nice VF, red-brown patina. ($500)

The Aqua Traiana was dedicated in 109 AD, and supplied water to the expanding trans-Tiber (west bank) suburbs of Rome. The coin depicts the castellum, or waterworks, associated with the terminal of the aqueduct, and its statue of the river Tiber.