RB99991. Orichalcum sestertius, Woytek 203cA, BnF IV 562, BMCRE III 836, RIC II 534 var. (slight drapery vice aegis), Cohen II 503, SRCV II 3204, aF, porous, grainy, legends weak, Rome mint, weight 20.907g, maximum diameter 32.9mm, die axis 180
o, 103 - 111 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder; reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan on horseback, galloping right, in military dress, brandishing spear at Dacian warrior who is raising his hands while falling on his knees, and being trampled by horse's fore-hooves, S C (
senatus consulto) in exergue;
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