401, Lot: 510. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 24.07 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 / [R]EX PARTHIS DAT[VS], 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–2; Banti 96. VF, green patina.
From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Fred B. Shore Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 504.