Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 794. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Trajan. 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.35 gm). Dated COS 5 (103-111 AD). AUTOKR KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEBA GERM DAKIK, laureate head right / DHMARC EX UPAT E PP MHTROPOLEWS, Tyche seated right on rock, holding palm, river god Cydnus below; Tarsus monogram in field. SNG Levante 992 (this coin); SNG France 1392; BMC Lycaonia -; SNG Copenhagen 354; SNG von Aulock -; Prieur 755 (this coin illustrated). Toned, good VF. Magnificent portrait of Trajan. ($500)