Circus Maximus

Triton XIX, Lot: 525. Estimate $7500. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 24.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 103-104. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, view of the Circus Maximus, showing a colonnaded front, with arch, indicating gateway, surmounted by facing quadriga, on right, and, behind it, higher up, a similar arch with quadriga, and another arch, surmounted by quadriga facing right at extreme left: the sides of the Circus are not seen but the back is indicated by a sweep of colonnades: in the interior is the great obelisk in center; to left and right smaller obelisks. RIC II 571 var. (bust type); Woytek 175b; Strack 391α; Banti 273; BMCRE 853 note; BN 223. VF, dark green patina, minor pitting, some cleaning marks. Well struck Circus. Rare.