Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1126. Estimate $4000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.40 gm, 7h). Struck circa 101-102 AD. IMP CAES NERVA TRA-IAN AVG GERM P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / TR POT COS IIII P P, S C in exergue, Pax (or Justitia) seated left on throne, feet on footstool, holding olive branch in extended right hand and cradling long sceptre in left arm. RIC II 432 var. (laureate only); Strack 338
a; Banti 337; BMCRE 745 note; Cohen 636 var. (laureate only). EF, mottled red, brown, and black patina, expertly conserved. ($4000)
Ex Freeman & Sear List 7 (Spring 2003), lot G237 (where it sold for $6750).