REX PARTHIS DATVS

CNG 105, Lot: 868. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, S C in exergue, Trajan seated left on sella castrensis set on daïs, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; to right of Trajan, prefect standing left. RIC II 667; Woytek 594v; Banti 96. EF, attractive green patina with touches of red on the reverse, minor deposits on the edge, spot of bare metal at 8 o’clock on obverse edge.