Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1438. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ As (11.35 gm). Struck circa 112-115 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right / IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder. RIC II 714 var. (legends); cf. BMCRE 1077; Cohen -. Near VF, red-brown surfaces. Rare mule of two obverses. ($400)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Kunst und Münzen 29 (20 May 1993), lot 293.