PARTHIA CAPTA

Triton XIX, Lot: 532. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.07 g, 6h). “Parthia Capta” commemorative. Rome mint. Struck after 20 February–circa autumn AD 116. IMP • CAES NER • TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO, laureate heroic bust right, wearing aegis / P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, PΛRTHIΛ CΛPT[Λ] in exergue, two captives, seated on ground to left and right, back to back, with trophy between them: each captive is seated on a shield, dressed in a garment with long sleeves and ending in breeches, and rests head on hand, which is propped on knee: in front of each captive, bow in bow-case erect: trophy consists of helmet, shields, cuirass, greaves, and cloaks. RIC II 325 var. (globe below bust); Woytek 560tt¹ var. (same–same rev. die); Strack 247ε (same rev. die); Calicó 1037; BMCRE 606 var. (same); BN 864 var. (same–same rev. die); Biaggi 498. VF, toned. Rare.