Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117.

Electronic Auction 488
Lot: 459. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Sold For $ 1 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Providentia standing left, holding scepter and leaning on draped column, pointing to globe at feet to left. RIC II 663 var. (obv. bust type); Woytek 591t² (this coin referenced and illustrated); Banti 88. Tan surfaces with touches of green and red, flan cracks, minor pitting on the reverse. VF. Artistic bust. Rare.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex B. G. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 468, 20 May 2020), lot 434; Gerhard Hirsch 287 (7 February 2013); Lanz 72 (29 May 1995), lot 580.


Closing Date and Time: 24 March 2021 at 12:32:40 ET.

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