Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / Emperor seated to right on platform, two officers standing behind to right, addressing group of soldiers standing to left below with horse, three standards in background; IMPERATOR VIII SC in two lines in exergue. RIC II 656; C. 176; Woytek 548v4 (same rev. die); BN 843; Lacourt Ae2; BMCRE 1017 note. 26.08g, 34mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Privately purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica AG;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 224, 13 October 2014, lot 516.
Price realized | 9'500 GBP |
Starting price | 4'500 GBP |
Estimate | 7'500 GBP |