ROMAN COIN

Unknown artist

This is a struck Roman silver denarius of Trajan (98-117). The coin depicts the portrait bust of Trajan facing right on the obverse and the reverse has Victory standing left, half draped and holding wreath and palm. The overall impression is of a poorly struck, off centre coin with much surface wear and some pitting to the obverse. There is a crack in the flan running from the rim to the centre of the coin at the 2:30 position when viewed from the obverse. A similar coin can be found at RIC II 128.