Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.63 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111 or 112-113. Fine.

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.63 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111 or 112-113. 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. Cf. RIC II 463 and 608; cf. Woytek 359b and 448b; cf. Banti 15 and 18. Brown surfaces, roughness, flan crack. Fine.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.

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: 10 May 2023 at 12:56:40 ET.

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