Trajan Wearing Aegis and Balteus

441, Lot: 438. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 114-116. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis and balteus across chest / Bonus Eventus standing left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC II 348 var. (no balteus); Woytek 518t+; RSC 276b. Good VF, slightly porous surfaces, scrape on reverse. Wonderful bust type.