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Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus
"Via Traiana" Via Traiana was an ancient Roman road. It was built by Emperor Trajan as an extension of the Via Appia, connecting Beneventum to Brundisium (modern Brindisi) via a shorter route. Constructed in 109 CE at Trajan’s personal expense, the road was completed during a period of relative peace, free from military campaigns.
The geographer Strabo rightly noted that traveling from Brundisium to Beneventum via the later Via Traiana was a full day shorter than using the old Republican Via Appia (which thereafter became merely an alternate route to reach Brundisium). The Via Traiana stretched approximately 330 kilometers in length, and remnants of several Roman bridges can still be found along its course.
Denomination: Denarius, Ag
Obverse: Laureate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
Reverse: Via Traiana reclining left, her head turned back to right, holding wheel in her right hand and branch in her left, resting left arm on rocks, S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRAIANA
Mint: Rome, 112-114 A.D.
Weight: 3,24 g
Diameter: 18mm
Provenance: CNG
Reference : 13.5 RIC II 266, RSC 648
Collection : IMPERIUM ROMANUM 03 - Antonine