The Rediscovery of a Lost Sestertius Type and the Dacian Embassy to the Roman Senate in AD 102

In 2002, excavations at the ancient Roman settlement of Ferento (90 km north of Rome) yielded the only known specimen of a spectacular sestertius type of Trajan, minted in AD 102: it depicts the emperor, standing to the right and presenting a kneeling Dacian to the city-goddess Roma (enthroned to the left). The scene refers to a Dacian embassy to the Roman senate after the First Dacian War, attested in Cassius Dio (68.9.7-10.1).