Forum Traiana

412, Lot: 520. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, Arcus Traiani (triumphal entrance) of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by six horses between two figures flanking trophy on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 257; Woytek 409f; Strack 216β; Calicó 1031; BMCRE 509; BN 685-7; Biaggi 494; . VF, lightly toned.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 236 (7 March 2016), lot 440; Peus 360 (27 April 1999), lot 412.