434, Lot: 323. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / VIΛ TRΛIΛNΛ in exergue, the Via Traiana reclining left on rock outcropping, head right, supporting wheel set on knee and holding branch. RIC II 266; Woytek 398b; RSC 648. Near VF, a few shallow scratches.

The Via Traiana was a Roman road that ran from Brindisium to Beneventum, serving as an important link between Rome and the East. Its construction was begun in AD 109 and completed in AD 113 at Trajan’s own expense.