399, Lot: 494. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC •, laureate bust right, showing bare chest, wearing aegis / P M TR P COS VI • P P S P Q R, FORT RED in exergue, Fortuna, veiled and draped, seated left on chair, holding rudder set on ground and cornucopia. RIC II 321 var. (globe on obv.); Woytek 525t+-1² var. (no stop at end of obv. legend – same rev. die as illustration); Strack 235ε; Calicó 1025; BMCRE 576, note; BN 808 var. (globe on obv.); Biaggi 488 var. (no stop at end of obv. legend). VF. Artistic obverse die.