★ Rare Armenia-related reverse. ★

ROMAN EMPIRE; Trajan. AD 98-117. AE Sestertius (23.11 gm; 33 mm). Rome, AD 116/7. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust of Trajan right. Reverse: ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, S C across field, emperor, in military attire, standing right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; at feet to left, Mesopotamia seated right; at feet to right, the river-gods Tigris and Euphrates seated left. RIC 642; Woytek 590v. Rare Armenia-related reverse. Light smoothing and minor tooling. Green patina. Choice EF.