Woytek Plate Coin

CNG 91, Lot: 891. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1510. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 110. Laureate bust left, chest bare, slight drapery over left shoulder / Roma standing left, holding small Victory and spear. RIC II 115 var. (bust type); Woytek 287q (this coin referenced and illustrated); RSC 68d. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare with ‘heroic’ bust.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 46 (24 June 1998), lot 1235.