CNG 112, Lot: 614. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 123 var. (bust type); Woytek 292f; Strack 150β; Calicó 1001a; BMCRE 312-4; BN 422-4; Biaggi 471; Jameson –; Mazzini 70 v. A few shallow scratches on obverse, short scrape on reverse, underlying luster. EF.