Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.01 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111. Radiate bust right, slight drapery / n two lines in exergue, Genius of the Aqua Traiana, holding reed and leaning on overturned urn, reclining left under arched and ornamented grotto supported by two columns. he Aqua Traiana (later rebuilt and named the Acqua Paola) was a 1st-century Roman aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan and inaugurated on 24 June 109 AD.[1] It channelled water from sources around Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometers (25 mi) north-west of Rome, to Rome in ancient Roman times but had fallen into disuse by the 17th century. It fed a number of water mills on the Janiculum, including a sophisticated mill complex revealed by excavations in the 1990s under the present American Academy in Rome. Some of the Janiculum mills were famously put out of action by the Ostrogoths when they cut the aqueduct in 537 during the first siege of Rome. Belisarius restored the supply of grain by using mills floating in the Tiber. The complex of mills bears parallels with a similar complex at Barbegal in southern Gaul.
Great post @ro1974 I don't currently own an example of this type but I was fortunate enough to visit the museum at Trajan's Market recently where they have one of this type on display. Shown here third from the right. They had a short write up on this type that included its association with providing water to the baths of Trajan of which there are little to no physical remains to be seen I believe. Baths of Trajan Trajan's Market (now a museum devoted to Trajan)
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Nice type! Ro, when you copy and paste extensive content from another website you need to cite the source, even when the format is distinctively Wikipedia. Like this: "The Aqua Traiana (later rebuilt and named the Acqua Paola) was a 1st-century Roman aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan and inaugurated on 24 June 109 AD.[1] It channelled water from sources around Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometers (25 mi) north-west of Rome, to Rome in ancient Roman times but had fallen into disuse by the 17th century. It fed a number of water mills on the Janiculum, including a sophisticated mill complex revealed by excavations in the 1990s under the present American Academy in Rome. Some of the Janiculum mills were famously put out of action by the Ostrogothswhen they cut the aqueduct in 537 during the first siege of Rome. Belisarius restored the supply of grain by using mills floating in the Tiber. The complex of mills bears parallels with a similar complex at Barbegal in southern Gaul." -from Wikipedia
