Trajan's Column

192, Lot: 256. Estimate $150. Sold for $665. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.40 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-117. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan's Column: column with spirals and dots set on podium, surmounted by statue of Trajan standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC II 356; BMCRE 565; RSC 284. Near EF, lightly toned, attractive. Popular type.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20 March 1996), lot 1535.