Triton XIX, Lot: 526. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan on horseback riding right, thrusting spear at Dacian soldier falling down before horse; Dacian looking back at Trajan. RIC II 209; Woytek 202cA; Strack 80; Calicó 1109 = Biaggi 538 (same dies); BMCRE 245 note; BN 365 (photo switched with 364 in plates). Good VF, toned. Rare variety with aegis.