170, Lot: 231. Estimate $300. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 27.28 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-115. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / VIA TRAIANA, the Via Traiana reclining left on rock outcropping, head right, holding reed and wheel. RIC II 638; BMCRE 987; Cohen 650 corr. Fine, smooth greenish brown patina, small rough spot on forehead and below shoulder.