CNG 87, Lot: 898. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Bostra. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tridrachm (17mm, 10.87 g, 7h). Struck AD 112-114. Laureate bust right, with aegis on shoulder / Aquila between two signa, that to the left surmounted by hand, that to the right by wreath; all with hand grabs to right. W.E. Metcalf, “The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan’s Arabian Mint,” ANSMN 20, 9 note and var. (signa switched, grabs to left); SNG ANS -; Sydenham, Caesarea 225 var. (same). EF, bright surfaces, minor edge irregularity. Rare bust type, and an unrecorded variety.