Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-summer 114. Fair.Electronic Auction 564 Roman Imperial, Bronze Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 20.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 112-summer 114. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / The Basilica Ulpia: building façade with three distyle avant-corps, each set on two-tiered base; central epistylon surmounted by triumphal quadriga; figures on either side holding outer horses and long scepters; flanking epistyla each surmounted by biga; pair of legionary aquilae at outer ends; ornate architrave above. RIC II 617; Woytek 464b; Banti 35; cf. Elkins, Monuments Figure 122 (for rev. type). Brown patina, somewhat rough surfaces. Fair. Rare. An important architectural reverse type. |