#43) Bronze As of Trajan,(A.D 98-117)
Rome mint, A.D. 99-100.
RIC 417.
Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
Rev: TR POT COS II P P - Victory holding palm and shield inscribed with SP/QR in two lines, between S and C.
28 mm, 11.5 g.
$75

Considered one of the “five good emperors,” Trajan was an immensely popular and successful general before being appointed emperor by the aging Nerva. His reign was compassionate and just, and he expanded the borders of the Empire to its greatest extant, although later historians often claim that he over-extended it.

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