Description: Trajan (98 - 117 AD). AE Duponius, Rome mint 114-116 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P; radiate and draped bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI; Trajan's Column: column with spirals and dots set on podium decorated with eagles, surmounted by statue of Trajan standing left, holding patera and sceptre, S-C in fields.

Diameter: AE27 mm

Weight: 12.46 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RIC II 679

Commentary: attractive Tiber patina

History: To celebrate Napoleon's victory ar Austerlitz, the Colonne Vendôme modeled on Trajan's Column was erected in Paris.

Article Number: 015-01-03-44287