453, Lot: 538. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.09 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R •, radiate and draped bust of Sol right. RIC II 329f; Woytek 572f; Strack 253; Calicó 1038; BMCRE 621–3; BN 880–2; Biaggi 499. Numerous scratches and nicks, deep scrape on neck of Sol. Good VF.

From the Alpine Collection.