Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1441. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.78 gm). Struck 115 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIIII, 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 658; BMCRE 1019; cf. Cohen 178. VF, brown surfaces, small hairline flan crack. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection

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