Trajan Addresses the Troops

CNG 102, Lot: 941. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3001. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 21.89 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 114-116. Laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIII/S C in exergue, Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on daïs, addressing a group of soldiers who hold three signa; two officers standing at Trajan’s side; at base of daïs, an officer standing right. RIC II 655; Woytek 548v; Banti 78; BMCRE 1017. Good VF, dark olive green patina, some minor cleaning scratches.