Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 25.47 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February AD 116-August 117.Electronic Auction 506 Roman Imperial, Orichalcum Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 25.47 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February AD 116-August 117. Laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, S C in exergue, Trajan, bareheaded and in military attire, seated left on sella castrensis, set on suggestus on right, holding parazonium upright in left hand and with right placing diadem round the head of Parthamaspates, who stands left before him, his right hand raised to his head; to right of Trajan on suggestus stands an officer left; to left, on the ground, Parthia, draped, wearing pointed cap, kneeling right, holding out both hands. RIC II 667; Woytek 594v-1; Banti 96. Brown patina with sandy highlights, a few deposits on the reverse. Near VF. |