Triton XVIII, Lot: 1076. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.79 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIII/S • C in two lines in exergue, Trajan seated right on
sella castrensis set on high platform, two officers at his side, haranguing a group of six soldiers who hold two signa and an aquila. RIC II 656; Woytek 548v; Strack 463ζ; Banti 78; BMCRE 1017. Good VF, brown and green patina, minor smoothing in fields.