Triton XVI, Lot: 1077. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head left / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan, in military dress, on horseback riding right, thrusting spear at a Dacian soldier, falling down, holding up both hands, and looking back at Trajan. RIC II 535 var. (no drapery); Woytek 203o; Strack 360; Banti 215; BMCRE -; BN 564. VF, attractive, old, natural dark green patina, some red, a few minor cleaning marks. Rare with bust left.