Triton XVII, Lot: 681. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.95 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across lower field, ALIM ITAL in exergue, Abundantia (or Annona) standing facing, head left, holding grain ears in right hand, cornucopia in left; to left, togate child standing facing, holding volumen. RIC II 604 var. (bust type); Woytek 444c; Strack 419 var. (same); Banti 8 var. (same); BMCRE 973 var. (same); BN 699 var. (same). Near EF, natural red-brown surfaces, a light layer of green on the reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23069.