Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1132. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AV Aureus (7.05 gm, 7h). Struck 112 AD. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, triumphal entrance of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle façade with central arch set on two-tiered base; four flanking bays containing statues within distyle niches; clipei above arch and niches; central epistylon surmonted by triumphal six-horse chariot containing Trajan and second figure; two inner flanking epistyla surmounted by figures holding outer horses and long sceptres; outer flanking epistyla surmounted by figures of Mars and Minerva, each holding spear; trophy between. RIC II 257; Strack 216b; BMCRE 509; Calicó 1031a; cf. Cohen 168 (laureate and draped only). EF. ($10000)

Ex Arthur Bally-Herzog Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 93, 16 December 2003), lot 144 (includes original collection holder); purchased from Spink & Son, 30 November 1908 for CHF 378.