CNG 102, Lot: 935. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.08 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch. RIC II 109 var. (bust not cuirassed); Woytek 291f; Calicó 996b; Biaggi 469. Near VF, lightly toned.