CNG 85, Lot: 884. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 103. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Victory standing left, holding palm frond and erecting trophy. RIC II 523; Banti 150. Good VF, green, green-brown, and red patina, light smoothing. Bold portrait, and well centered on a broad, round flan.

From Collection RW.