Description

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius 33mm, Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107-110.

Laureate bust right, slight drapery.  Rev: Single-span bridge across river;
arched tower at either end; boat in river below.

RIC II 569;

Fine with a lovely green patina and good reverse detail

The bridge on the reverse of this coin is generally thought to be that constructed
across the Danube by Trajan’s architect, Apollodorus of Damascus, in AD 104.
There is good circumstantial evidence for this. The date range for this coin’s issue
is closely contemporary with the date of the bridge’s construction and would fit in
well programmatically with those war-related issues of the same time frame.