Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1127. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.83 gm, 6h). Struck circa 104-107 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, arched, single-span bridge with six posts across Danube River; single-bay arches at either end, surmounted by statues; boat sailing left in river below. RIC II 569; Strack 385a; Banti 261; BMCRE 849; cf. Cohen 542. Near EF, mottled green, black-green, and brown patina. ($6000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.