Lot 3883

AR Denarius (Rome AD 113, 2.84 g) – IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust of Trajan right, with light drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, female figure (via Traiana) reclining left, holding wheel and branch / VIA TRAIANA in exergue (RIC 266, BMCRE 487) the coin records the construction in AD 109 of the Via Traiana, an important highway – VF