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Electronic Auction 474

Lot nuber 447

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117.


Electronic Auction 474
Lot: 447.
 Estimated: $ 150

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 25.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117. Laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS [DAT]VS, S C in exergue, Trajan seated left on daïs, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; to right of Trajan, prefect standing left. RIC II 667; Woytek 594v; Banti 96. Green-brown patina, smoothing/cleaning scratches, pit on obverse, edge split. Near VF.

Parthian interference in Armenia prompted Trajan to declare war against their king Osroes I in 114. He quickly re-established Roman control of Armenia, forced the submission of Osrhoene, and in 116 took Mesopotamia by defeating Osroes I. Rather than pursuing the Parthians into Iran, Trajan set up a pro-Roman Parthian "buffer state" in Mesopotamia under a puppet-king Parthamaspates.

Closing Date and Time: 12 August 2020 at 12:28:40 ET.

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