434, Lot: 320. Estimate $100. Sold for $146. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 107-108. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / DΛNVVIVS in exergue, Danuvius reclining left on rocks, head right, cloak floating above, hand on prow of ship, reeds over arm. RIC II 100; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. VF, toned, some hairlines and deposits, a few pits on reverse.

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.