Trajan - Augustus 98-117 AD - AR denarius - SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI - Dacia mourning
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP
Bare head right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Dacia seated right, scimitar below.
Weight: 2.30 gr
Diameter: 17.4 mm
Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death