140, Lot: 148. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.60 g). Struck AD 115. Laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIIII, Trajan, in military uniform, seated right on camp bench set on daïs, extending hand to five soldiers, two of whom extend their hands to Trajan; sixth soldier holds horse at ready; three military standards behind; two soldiers standing behind Trajan, a third stands right before daïs. RIC II 658; BMCRE 1019; cf. Cohen 178. VF, green patina, some roughness with a few breaks in the patina.