Trajan. (98-117 AD). Silver denarius (2,79 gm, 20 mm). Rome, 112-115 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, bust laureate, draped right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, the Column of Trajan, surmounted by a statue of the emperor and resting on a two-tiered base, flanked by eagles. BMCRE 454. Cohen 558 (4 Fr.). RIC 292.
Trajan's Column was the crowning glory of Trajan's Forum, built with the spoils of the Dacian Wars, and the last and greatest of the Imperial Fora. Covered by a continuous frieze of the war's events, the column was capped with a gilded heroic statue of the emperor, while an inscription on the base recounted the feat of engineering in the Forum's construction. After Trajan's death, the column became the repository of his ashes. Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D.
"The celebrated Trajan's Column, commemorating the emperor's victories in the Dacian wars and still a prominent landmark of modern Rome, was dedicated on 12 May A.D. 113." -- Roman Coins and Their Values by David R. Sear