Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18mm, 8.55 g, 7h). Rome mint

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18mm, 8.55 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OPT IMO PRINC, Ceres, draped, wearing wreath of grain ears, standing left, holding grain ears pointed downward in right hand and long vertical torch in left. RIC II 109 var. (bust type); Series 42, Type IX (unlisted dies); Woytek 291f; Calicó 996. Gold loop attached to center of reverse, flan bent, scuffs and scratches, traces of earthen deposits on reverse. Otherwise, Near VF.