Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck mid AD 107-110.

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Lot: 869. Estimated: $ 3 000

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck mid AD 107-110. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P, laureate bust right with bare chest, slight drapery / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan, bareheaded and in military dress, cloak floating out behind him, on horseback riding right, thrusting spear with right hand at fallen Dacian under the horse, on his left knee, resting left hand on ground, right hand thrust out before him, his head turned upward. RIC II 543 var. (bust type); Woytek 317d; Strack 361; Banti 203; BMCRE 539-40 var. (same); BN 305-7 var. (same). Dark green patina, area of minor smoothing. Near EF. Outstanding high-relief portrait. Woytek lists only two examples with this rare portrait style.


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