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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa spring AD 113-summer 114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / S • P • Q • R • OPTI MO PRINCIPI, Trajan’s Column: column surmounted by statue of Trajan standing left, holding globe in right hand and scepter in left, and set on podium decorated with two eagles. RIC II 292 var. (bust type); Beckmann, Early Type XI, 3 (dies a53/C2); Woytek 424f; Strack 197; Calicó 1117; BMCRE 450 (same dies); BN –; Biaggi 543; cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 121 (for rev. type). Toned. VF. Very rare.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of the Forum Traiani, built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes.
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