151, Lot: 238. Estimate $200. Sold for $363. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.45 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 115-116. Laureate and draped bust right / IMPERATOR VIIII, Trajan, in miltary outfit, seated right on camp bench set on daïs, extending hand to three soldiers holding spears, two of whom extend their hands to Trajan; fourth soldier holds horse at ready; three military standards behind; two military figures standing behind Trajan; third stands before daïs, holding spear. RIC II 657. Near VF, green patina, some smoothing, surfaces a little rough.