Triton XXI, Lot: 745. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 27.67 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 104/5-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan on horseback riding right, thrusting spear with right hand at Dacian soldier falling down under horse. RIC II 534; Woytek 203b; Strack 360α; Banti 207; BMCRE 834; BN 217 var. (bust type). EF. Exceptional green patina, wonderful surfaces.

Ex CNG Inventory 733407 (December 2002); Gorny & Mosch 117 (14 October 2002), lot 556.