116, Lot: 260. Estimate $400. Sold for $810. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.23 g). Struck circa 112-115 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Frontal view of the Forum of Trajan. RIC II 630 var. (no drapery on shoulder); BMCRE 984 var. (same); cf. Cohen 169. Fine, patina stripped and now retoning to a light brown, a few minor flan striations. Very rare type and apparently unrecorded with this bust type.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.