Trajan, Rome mint, 115-117 AD.,
Sestertius (ø 32-33 mm / 26,65 g), probably brass ("orichalcum"), axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°), flan crack at five - six o’clock on obverse,
Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , his laureate and draped bust right.
Rev.: IMPERATOR VIIII / S C , Adlocutio scene: Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on high platform, accompanied by two adjutants; before, a lictor with fasces standing right and six soldiers standing left (3 visible in full length, 3 behind them, heads only), forepart of a horse visible between them; in the background aquila and two standards; legend in exergue.
RIC II, p. 290, no. 658 (R) ; Coh. 178 ; Strack 464 ; BMC 1019 ; CBN 844 ; MIR 549v .
Trajan was proclaimed imperator for the eighth time after the fall of the city of Singara in 115 AD during the campaign on the eastern frontier.
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