Trajan. 40-as

Trajan; 98-117 AD, Rome, c. 103 AD, As, 12.19g. Woytek-176e (8 spec.), pl. 29 (same dies). Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG G[ER DAC P M TRP COS V P P] Bust laureate r., with bare chest seen from front and with fold of aegis on l. shoulder and behind neck. Rx: S P Q R OPTIMO - PRINCIPI Club resting on lionskin placed upon pedestal; the claws of the lion's forepaws grasp both corners of the pedestal. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E315, 20 Nov. 2013, R.D. Frederick Coll., 410.. VG