Triton XXI, Lot: 751. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIIII/ S C in two lines in exergue, Trajan, in military dress, seated right on high platform on left, raising right hand haranguing soldiers: by him stand two officers; to right, on ground stands an officer right holding spear; to his right, soldiers standing left, one holds a horse by the bridle; three signa in background . RIC II 658; Woytek 549v; Strack 464ζ; Banti 80; BMCRE 1019-20; BN 844. Near EF, attractive green patina.