Trajan, 98-117. As (Copper, 27 mm, 11.83 g, 7 h), Rome, 104/5-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Laureate bust of Trajan to right, with light drapery on his far shoulder. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / S C An oval shield, elaborately decorated with a flaming thunderbolt, set over a saltire of spears, a sword, one oblong shield and a vexillum. BMC 951. BN 532. Cohen 569. RIC 584. Woytek 198bB. A very attractive, well-struck piece with a dark, blackish-green patina. Extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 11, 9 October 2015, 173, Roma IX, 23 March 2015, 655, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014, 921.
This splendid piece commemorates Trajan’s victories over the Dacians: it shows a pile of arms of the types that they used and were then captured by the Romans.