Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.76 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 111. Good Fine.

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Lot: 633.
Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.76 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 111. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / AQVA/ TRAIANA in two lines in exergue, Genius of the Aqua Traiana reclining left under arched and ornamented grotto supported by two columns, holding reed and leaning on urn from which water flows. RIC II 463; Woytek 359b–2; Banti 15; Elkins, Monuments Figure 118. Dark brown surfaces, heavy pitting, roughness. Good Fine.

The Aqua Traiana was dedicated in AD 109 and supplied water to the expanding trans-Tiber (west bank) suburbs of Rome. The coin depicts the castellum, or waterworks, associated with the terminal of the aqueduct, and its statue of the river Tiber.

Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 13:30:40 ET.

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