TRAJAN SESTERTII
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Architectural types
13. Via Traiana
This coin type represents the building of a road from Beneventum to Brundusium by Trajan.
This reverse depicts a woman reclining left holding wheel and branch: a rare reclining right variety exists as well (Banti 350).
from the Matthew Sersch collection
obv : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: VIA TRAIANA SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
33mm
27.2g
Bust right, draped left shoulder
112-114ad
RIC636 Banti 347 BMC 986
This type also appears with bust right(Banti346) , aegis (RIC637), and draped (RIC638).
Another example of RIC636 below:
(EX) Matthew Sersch collection
from the Matthew Sersch collection
obv : IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: VIA TRAIANA SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
31mm
26.5g
Bust right, aegis
112-114ad
Banti 350
Rare variation .
Other Legend combinations:
obv : IMP NERVAE TRAIANO AVG DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: VIA TRAIANA SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC
This type also appears with bust right , (RIC639), and draped (RIC640)
All Varieties are considered Scarce/rare.
There is also an extremely rare SENATVS type reverse for this issue. Unlisted in
RIC and unlisted in Banti. BMCRE mentions it in a footnote on P219. The example below
may be only the second known example.
from the Matthew Sersch collection
obv : IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP
rev: VIA TRAIANA SENATVS POPVLESQVE ROMANVS SC
34mm
26.2g
Bust right, draped
114-117ad
RIC unlisted, Banti unlisted, BMCRE footnote p219.
Extremely rare
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