Entryway of the Forum of Trajan

5677378.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa mid AD 112-spring 113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, Arcus Traiani (triumphal entrance) of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by six horses between two figures flanking trophy on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 257; Beckmann, Early Group I, 15 (dies b2/F6); Woytek 409f; Strack 216; Calicó 1031 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 509; BN 687 (same rev. die); Biaggi 494 (same obv. die); Elkins, Monuments Figure 123. VF. Historic architectural reverse.

Ex MACM inventory MMoCA45C; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 1006.