Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1430. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AV Aureus (7.25 gm). Struck circa 112-115 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt and sceptre; below thunderbolt stands a small figure of Trajan, togate, holding branch and roll. RIC II 249; BMCRE 493; Calicó 991a; Cohen 46. Near VF, small obverse die break. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.