Triton XXII, Lot: 1063. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.73 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 at fallen Dacian soldier below. RIC II 534; Woytek 203b; BMCRE 834; BN 217 var. (bust type); Banti 207. EF, exceptional green patina. Excellent surfaces.

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