Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 863. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AV Aureus (7.32 gm). Struck circa 107-111 AD. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COS V P P S P Q R OP-TIMO PRINC, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and long torch. RIC II 109; BMCRE 258; Cohen 65. Superb EF. Rare this nice. (See color enlargement on plate 12.) ($7500)