Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1575. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.94 gm, 6h). Struck circa 103-111 AD. Laureate head right / Victory standing right, foot on helmet, fastening shield inscribed VIC/DAC in two lines to palm tree. RIC II 527 var. (bust type); BMCRE 812 var. (same); Cohen 452. VF, mottled green patina, light smoothing in reverse fields. Well centered and struck. Rare obverse type. ($1000)