Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 595. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (11.72 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 103. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Pax standing left, holding in right hand torch with which she sets fire to a heap of arms and cornucopia in left. RIC II 507 var. (bust type); Strack 369; BMCRE 892 var. (same); BN 225. EF, green patina, minor smoothing and scratches on obverse, small scratch on reverse beneath tone.
From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Lanz 106 (26 November 2001), lot 376.