Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 888. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.71 g). Struck AD 98-99. IMP NERVA CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM P M TR P P P COS II, laureate head right / Distyle temple set on two-tiered base; within, cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding spear, being crowned with wreath by Roma holding cornucopia; ROMA ET AVG across entablature, COM ASI across field. CNG 57, lot 1210, otherwise unpublished. VF, lightly toned, some minor scratches under toning.

The CNG 57 specimen sold for $1500.