Extraordinary Trajan Quinarius

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1075. Estimate $2000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Quinarius (18mm, 1.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck mid AD 112-Summer AD 114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DΛC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm frond over shoulder in left. RIC II 147; Woytek 440f and pl. 88 = Strack 191β = King 55b (this coin); RSC 433c; BMCRE 438. Superb EF, beautiful cabinet toning, a couple of minor flan splits. Extremely rare and the finest known.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Kurt P. Wyprächtiger Collection; Sternberg I (30 November 1973), lot 113; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 297; Niklovits Collection (L. Hamburger, 19 October 1925), lot 810; F. Martinetti Collection; G. Nervegna Collection (Sambon-Canessa, 18 November 1907), lot 1876.