342, Lot: 560. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 117-118. DIVO TRAIANO PART H • AVG PATRI, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate Phoenix standing right on laurel branch. RIC II 28 (Hadrian) corr. (DIVI in legend should read DIVO); Calicó 982a (same dies); Biaggi 552 var. (not cuirassed, same rev. die). Good VF, attractive surfaces.