Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1004. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (27.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck January-February AD 98. Laureate head right / Pax seated left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC II 401; Banti 319. EF, attractive even dark green patina, old scratch on reverse. Rare, Banti records only six examples.