DIVVS • PATER • TRAIAN
Extremely Rare Variety

CNG 100, Lot: 1858. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan, with Trajan Pater. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DΛC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right / DIVVS • PATER • TRAIAN, bareheaded and draped bust of Trajan Pater right. RIC II 762 var. (not cuirassed); Woytek 407f; Strack 213; Calicó 1137a (same dies); BMCRE 505 var. (same); BN –; Biaggi –. VF, lightly toned, a shallow mark on reverse, traces of deposits. Very rare type. Extremely rare variety, apparently only the third known.

Trajan’s forum featured a temple to the emperor’s deified father, situated behind Trajan’s monumental column. Upon Trajan’s death, his body was interred in the base of the column, and the adjacent temple was rededicated to the deceased ruler.