Trajan. Denarius

Trajan; 98-117 AD, Rome, ca. 112-5 AD, Denarius, 3.24g. BM-487, C-648 (6 Fr.), RIC-266, Woytek-398b. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, Laureate bust r., slight drapery on far shoulder. Rx: VIA TRAIANA S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Via Traiana reclining l., head r., holding wheel supported on her knee and branch. Commemorates Trajan's construction at his own cost of a highway from Beneventum to Brundisium, starting at a triumphal arch in Beneventum which is still standing today. Ex HJB BBS 181, Oct. 2021, lot 499.. F / VF