Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1129. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Dupondius (13.74 gm, 7h). Struck circa 104-107 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, facing cuirass, consisting of lorica decorated with gorgoneion and figures, lappettes, and pteryges. RIC II 582 var. (aegis at point of bust); Strack 378a; BMCRE 913; cf. Cohen 567. EF, mottled olive patina. ($1000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 443.