Trajan AV Aureus. Rome, AD 103-111. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM,

Trajan AV Aureus. Rome, AD 103-111. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust right, with aegis on far shoulder / DACICVS COS V P P, Emperor in quadriga left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC 77 var. (bust type); BMCRE 142 var. (same); Calicó 1022; Biaggi 485. 7.07g, 19mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine. Very Rare; only two other examples of the type on CoinArchives.

Trajan's successful campaign against the Dacians in AD 101-102 reduced their leader Decebalus to the status of client king and large areas of territory north of the Lower Danube were annexed. The reverse of this rare aureus depicts Trajan's celebrated triumph upon his return to Rome and notes the new title of Dacicus Maximus awarded to him by the Senate.