Arcus Traiani

CNG 99, Lot: 620. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DΛC P M TR P COS VI P P , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, Arcus Traiani (triumphal entrance) of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by six horses between two figures flanking trophy on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 257; Woytek 409f; Strack 216β; Calicó 1031 = Biaggi 494; BMCRE 509; BN 685-7. VF, lightly toned, a few shallow marks, traces of deposits.