Sale: Nomos 7, Lot: 168. Estimate CHF1000.  Closing Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013.  Sold For CHF800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Denarius (Silver, 19mm, 3.20 g 7), 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right. Rev. PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI PP SPQR Radiate and draped bust of Sol to right. BMC 624. BN 887. C. 188. Hill 758. RIC 326. Nicely toned, an elegant coin. A few minor scratches under the toning, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex New York Sale III, 7 December 2000, 675.

This was one of Trajan’s last issues and commemorates his Parthian victories in the East.