Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1579. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $820. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.55 gm, 7h). Struck circa 115-116 AD. Laureate head right / VIA TRAIANA/S C in two lines in exergue, the Via Traiana reclining left on rock, head right, holding wheel and branch. RIC II 636 var. (drapery); BMCRE 986a; cf. Cohen 649. Good VF, hard dark green patina. ($750)

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.

The Via Traiana, constructed at Trajan's own expense between 109 AD and 113 AD, replaced the Via Appia as the usual route between Brindisium to Beneventum.