103-111 AD., Trajan, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 127.

Trajan, Rome mint, 103-111 AD.,
Denarius (ø 17-18 mm / 2,88 g), silver, axes about coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 190°),
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P , (Imperatori Traiano Augusto Germanico Dacico Pontifici Maximo Tribuniciae Potestate), his laureate head facing right, slight drapery at his left (far) shoulder; uneven fields (damaged die?).
Rev.: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC , Spes walking left, her right hand holding flower, her left raising hem of dress.
RIC II, p. 253, no. 127 (common) ; BMC 319 ; Strack 151 ; CBN 272 ; Coh. 84 ; RSC 84 .