Very Rare Trajan Sestertius

202, Lot: 248. Estimate $200. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 103-111. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear. RIC II 483 var. (no aegis); Banti 120. Near VF, brown patina with some green highlights. Very rare, Banti cites only one specimen.

From the White Mountain Collection.