Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 529.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Gold

Estimate: $ 5 000

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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OP TIMO PRINC, Ceres, draped, wearing wreath of grain ears, standing left, holding grain ears pointed downward in right hand and long vertical torch in left. RIC II 109 var. (bust type); Allen Series 4₂, Type IX (dies – [unlisted obv. die]/ix.1); Woytek 291f; Calicó 996a (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 258-9; BN 413-5; Biaggi 469 var. (break in rev. legend); Mazzini 65 v. Lustrous, faint hairlines. Near EF. Portrait of artistic merit.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 119 (with Jesús Vico, 6 October 2020), lot 47; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 46.


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