Parthia Capta Commemorative

CNG 99, Lot: 622. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.17 g, 6h). “Parthia Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRΛIΛN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS VI P P S • P • Q • R around, PΛRTHIΛ CΛPTΛ in exergue, two Parthian captives seated on ground left and right, back to back, with trophy between them: each captive is seated on a shield, resting head on hand, which is propped on knee: in front of each captive, bow in bow case erect. RIC II 324; Woytek 560f2 (same rev. die); Strack 247β; Calicó 1035a (same dies); BMCRE 603-5; BN 863; Biaggi 496. VF, lightly toned, a few faint hairlines on reverse, traces of deposits.