Roman Empire, Trajan, 98-117, AR denarius, 3.00 g. (20 mm). Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRΛIΛNΛ in exergue, Via Traiana, partially draped, reclining left, head turned back to right, holding wheel of eight spokes on right knee and resting left arm on rocks, holding branch in left hand. A rare coin.
The Via Traiana, also known as the Appia Traiana, was built by the emperor between 108 and 110 AD as an alternative to the via Appia Antica, and connected Beneventum, through the Arch of Trajan, to Brundisium. It turned out to be more convenient than the Appia Antica and it was used throughout the Middle Ages.
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