Exceptional Consecratio Denarius

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 923. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Marciana. Died AD 112/4. AR Denarius (3.20 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Trajan, AD 114. DIVA • AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right, wearing stephane / CONSECRATIO, carpentum, decorated with bas-reliefs, drawn left by two mules. RIC II 746 (Trajan); Strack 200; RSC 10; BMCRE 654 (Trajan). EF, lightly toned. Very rare.