Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1043. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (24.86 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 115-116. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / IMPERATOR VIII in exergue, Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on daïs, addressing a group of soldiers who hold three signa; two officers standing at Trajan’s side; at base of daïs, an officer stands right. RIC II 655; Banti 78. VF, green patina, light marks and scrapes, a hint of porosity. Rare. Banti records only one example.