Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 14.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck winter AD 114-early 116.

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 14.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck winter AD 114-early 116. Radiate and draped bust right / Trajan’s Column: column with spirals and dots set on podium decorated with eagles, surmounted by statue of Trajan standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC II 679; Woytek 538v. Dark green and brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled. Near VF.

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.

Closing Date and Time: 20 April 2022 at 12:42:40 ET.