CNG 99, Lot: 621. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R around, FORT RED in exergue, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder set on ground and cornucopia. RIC II 319; Woytek 525f; Strack 235β; Calicó 1026 = Biaggi 489 (same rev. die); BMCRE 569-75; BN 805 (same rev. die). VF, lightly toned, a few shallow scratches, traces of deposits.