Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 880. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $5090. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (7.24 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 101-102. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Hercules standing facing on low base, holding club and lion skin. RIC II 49 var. (no drapery); Calicó 1053a. Near EF, underlying luster. Rare variety.