Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1423. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Dupondius (13.37 gm). Struck circa 104-107 AD. Radiate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Single-span bridge across river; arched tower at either end, surmounted by statues; boat below in river. RIC II 570; BMCRE 914; Cohen 544. VF, orichalcum surfaces, light scratch across neck, minor pitting. ($400)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

The bridge on this coin is believed to represent the great bridge Trajan had built over the Danube near Drobetae.