Triton XVI, Lot: 1081. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ As (27mm, 11.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 106-107. IMP CΛES NERVΛE TRΛIΛNO ΛVG GER DΛC P M TRP COS V P P, laureate bust right; drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan riding right on rearing horse, spearing Dacian falling forward underneath. RIC II 543a; Woytek 319b (this coin referenced); Strack 361; cf. BMCRE 903 (dupondius); BN 638 var. (position of Dacian). Good VF, brown patina. Extremely rare.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Arsantiqva 1 (3 November 2000), lot 243; Numismatica Ars Classica 9 (16 April 1996), lot 857 .