Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 28.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 20 February AD 116-August 117. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 847.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 500

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 28.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 20 February AD 116-August 117. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan, wearing military attire, standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; around feet, Armenia, Tigris, and Euphrates: to right, Armenia resting hand on head flanked by Euphrates and Tigris, both reclining on urn from which water flows and holding reed. RIC II 642; Woytek 590v–3; Banti 29. Dark red-brown and green patina, smoothed and tooled. Good VF.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Praefectus Coins inventory ROS1213 (October 2014); Gemini XI (12 January 2014), lot 431 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 14:42:00 ET.

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