CNG 102, Lot: 939. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.11 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / S•P•Q•R• OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius, nude, standing facing, head left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC II 275 var. (without cuirass); Woytek 420f; Calicó 1092; BMCRE 425-6; Biaggi 530. VF, a few marks and scratches, metal flaws on the reverse.