★ Rare; founding of the city ★

PHRYGIA, Trajanopolis, Pseudo-autonomous, 117-138 (time of Hadrian), AE15. 15mm.
Obv: Anepigraphic; Laureate bust of young Herakles right.
Rev: TPAIANOΠOΛITΩN; Nike advancing right with palm and wreath.
BMC 14, SNG von Aulock 8458
A lovely little coin, and rare (cf. Naumann 15, 06.04.2014, lot 487: 70 EUR/95 USD). It was minted not long after the city's founding, which occurred not under Trajan as many suppose, but rather under Hadrian. Allegedly the founders, from Troas, asked Hadrian’s permission to name the town after his predecessor.