Trajan, Rome mint, 112-114 AD.,
Denarius (18 mm / 2,57 g),
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P [COS VI P P] , laureate bust of Trajan right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI / ALIM ITAL , Abundantia standing left, holding cornucopiae and grain ears; at her feet, a child holding a roll.
RIC II 243 ; BMC 469 ; Coh. 9 ; RSC 9 ; Strack 172 .
The "alimentiae Italiae" coins refer to the charitable organisations instituted by Nerva and extended by Trajan which provided for the welfare and education of poor Italian children.