CNG 102, Lot: 931. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.07 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Victory standing right, with left foot set on helmet, holding stylus in right hand and resting left on shield set on palm tree trunk, inscribed VIC/DAC in two lines. RIC II 528; Woytek 204cA; Banti 168; BMCRE 813-4. Good VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, short flan crack.