Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP • TRAIANO • AVG • GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINC, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 123 var. (bust type); Allen Series 4 2, Type VIII – (dies – [unlisted obv. die]/VIII.17); Woytek 292f (same rev. die as illustration); Strack 150β; Calicó 1001a; BMCRE 313 (same rev. die); BN 422-4; Biaggi 471; Jameson –; Mazzini 70 v. Lustrous. EF. A powerful portrait.