Triton XVII, Lot: 684. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.21 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI •, aquila between signum and vexillum. RIC II 294 var. (bust not cuirassed); Woytek 418f; Strack 195; Biaggi 544; Calicó 1120; BMCRE 456 var. (aquila between vexillum and signum); BN 735. Good VF, a couple of minor marks.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 67 (17 October 2012), lot 306; Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.30090).