Triton XVII, Lot: 683. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.71 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRAIANA/ S C in two lines in exergue, the Via Traiana reclining left on rock outcropping, head right, supporting wheel set on knee with right hand, holding branch in left. RIC II 637; Woytek 476v; Strack 426; Banti 352; BMCRE 988; BN 710. Near EF, bluish-green and olive patina, light roughness on reverse. An important historical issue.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 141 (10 October 2005), lot 298.

The Via Traiana was a Roman road that ran from Brindisium to Beneventum, serving as an important link between Rome and the East. Its construction was begun in AD 109 and completed in AD 113 at Trajan’s own expense.