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Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
Dacia defeated! After his defeat in 101 A.D., King Decebalus complied with Rome for a time but then incited the tribes to pillage Roman colonies across the Danube. Trajan marched into Dacia in 105 A.D. After defeating the surrounding mountain fortresses, in 106 A.D. Trajan besieged Sarmizegetusa, the Dacian capital. With the aid of a Dacian traitor, the Romans found and destroyed water pipes supplying the city. Running out of water and food the city fell and was burned to the ground. Decebalus fled but, followed by the Roman cavalry, committed suicide rather than face capture. The Romans found Decebalus' treasure, estimated at 165,500 kg of gold and 331,000 kg of silver, in the river of Sargesia.SH72484. Orichalcum sestertius, Woytek 326b, RIC II 564, BMCRE III 785, BnF IV 1042, Cohen II 534, Strack I 396, SRCV II 3196, Nice aVF, handsome portrait, well centered, Rome mint, weight 27.190g, maximum diameter 34.3mm, die axis 180o, 105 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Dacian mourning, seated left on pile of shields, wearing peaked cap, resting head on right hand which is propped on drawn up right knee, left hand on knee, trophy of captured arms on left before her, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; SOLD
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