Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1430. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.62 gm). Struck 115 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIII, Trajan, in miltary uniform, seated right on camp bench set on daïs, extending hand to five soldiers, two of whom extend their hands to Trajan; sixth soldier holds horse at ready; three military standards behind; two soldiers standing behind Trajan, a third stands right before daïs. RIC II 656; BMCRE 1017 var. (five soldiers); cf. Cohen 176. EF, beautiful brown and olive-green patina. Superb reverse detail. ($4000)

Trajan was acclaimed imperator for the eighth time after the fall of the city of Singara in 115 AD during the campaign on the eastern frontier.