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CNG Feature Auction 118

Lot nuber 1058

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February AD 116-August 117.


CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1058.
 Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 3 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February AD 116-August 117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, 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; Strack 476ζ; Banti 96; BMCRE 1046-8; BN 920-3. Olive and red-brown patina, very minor smoothing. Near EF.

Ex Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 921.

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.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Three – Roman Provincial Coinage Part 2 through Roman Imperial Coinage Part 1 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 September 2021 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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