| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3477 Price realized: 650 CHF (Approx. 739 USD / 686 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 25.90 g, 7 h), Rome, 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right. Rev. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C Trajan, laureate and in military attire, standing right, holding reversed spear in his right hand and parazonium in his left; before, Armenia seated left, head turned to right; to left and right, Tigris and Euphrates reclining right and left, each holding reed and leaning on inverted urn from which water flows. BMC 1035. Cohen 39. RIC 642. Woytek 590v. Minor traces of corrosion, otherwise, very fine. This sestertius celebrates Trajan's victories in the years 114-116, during the course of which the emperor moved into Armenia, where Parthamsiris, a Parthian-backed pretender to the Armenian throne, was killed under suspicious circumstances. Following the conquest of Armenia, the Romans then moved into Mesopotamia and captured the Parthian capital of Ktesiphon before advancing to the Persian Gulf - the easternmost point any Roman general had ever reached at that point. However, increased Parthian resistance and a large-scale revolt by Jewish communities in Kyrenaika, Egypt, Cyprus and Mesopotamia drained Roman power and Trajan retreated to Cilicia in 117, where he died, exhausted, shortly thereafter. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1995 Price realized: 700 CHF (Approx. 795 USD / 734 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 25.90 g, 7 h), Rome, 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right. Rev. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C Trajan, laureate and in military attire, standing right, holding reversed spear in his right hand and parazonium in his left; before, Armenia seated left, head turned to right; to left and right, Tigris and Euphrates reclining right and left, each holding reed and leaning on inverted urn from which water flows. BMC 1035. Cohen 39. RIC 642. Woytek 590v. Minor traces of corrosion, otherwise, very fine. This sestertius celebrates Trajan's victories in the years 114-116, during the course of which the emperor moved into Armenia, where Parthamsiris, a Parthian-backed pretender to the Armenian throne, was killed under suspicious circumstances. Following the conquest of Armenia, the Romans then moved into Mesopotamia and captured the Parthian capital of Ktesiphon before advancing to the Persian Gulf - the easternmost point any Roman general had ever reached at that point. However, increased Parthian resistance and a large-scale revolt by Jewish communities in Kyrenaika, Egypt, Cyprus and Mesopotamia drained Roman power and Trajan retreated to Cilicia in 117, where he died, exhausted, shortly thereafter. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1996 Price realized: 225 CHF (Approx. 255 USD / 236 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 35 mm, 26.10 g, 6 h), Rome, 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right. Rev. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE / S - C Trajan, laureate and in military attire, standing right, holding reversed spear in his right hand and parazonium in his left; before, Armenia seated left, head turned to right; to left and right, Tigris and Euphrates reclining right and left, each holding reed and leaning on inverted urn from which water flows. BMC 1035. Cohen 39. RIC 642. Woytek 590v. Small spot of corrosion on the obverse, otherwise, nearly fine. From an American collection, privately acquired from Ariadne Galleries prior to 1982. This sestertius celebrates Trajan's victories in the years 114-116, during the course of which the emperor moved into Armenia, where Parthamsiris, a Parthian-backed pretender to the Armenian throne, was killed under suspicious circumstances. Following the conquest of Armenia, the Romans then moved into Mesopotamia and captured the Parthian capital of Ktesiphon before advancing to the Persian Gulf - the easternmost point any Roman general had ever reached at that point. However, increased Parthian resistance and a large-scale revolt by Jewish communities in Kyrenaika, Egypt, Cyprus and Mesopotamia drained Roman power and Trajan retreated to Cilicia in 117, where he died, exhausted, shortly thereafter. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 3 | Auction date: 11 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 417 Price realized: To Be Posted | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Trajan, AD 98-117. AE Sestertius. (35,6 mm. 27,2 g.). AD 116-117, Rome. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right. Rev. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, S-C across field, emperor, in military attire, standing front, looking right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; at feet to left, Mesopotamia sitting right; at feet to right, the river-gods Tigris and Euphrates sitting left. RIC 642; Woytek 590; Cohen 39; Sear 3181. Historical issue commemorating the Trajan expansion to the middle east conquesting Armenia, the Romans then moved into Mesopotamia and captured the Parthian capital of Ktesiphon before advancing to the Persian Gulf. Highly interesting motif with personification of emblematic rivers Tigris and Euphrates but also Armenia with the typical hat. Very Rare desirable type with a lovely 'emerald green' natural patina and even only a very fine very natural without any manipulations which is very rare nowadays. Estimate: 400 EUR Starting price: 300 EUR |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3473 Price realized: 2,200 CHF (Approx. 2,501 USD / 2,323 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 24.62 g, 6 h), Rome, 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. IMPERATOR VIII / S C Trajan seated right on sella castrensis set on high platform, two officers at his side, haranguing a group of six soldiers who hold a horse, two signa and an aquila. BMC 1017. Cohen 176. RIC 656. Woytek 548v. A bold and attractive example of this interesting issue with excellent reverse details. Light deposits and corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Triton XIX, 5 January 2016, 531 and Numismatica Ars Classica 54, 24 March 2010, 410. Trajan was the first and only Roman emperor to be granted the title 'Optimus Princeps' by the Senate, and for good reason. A moderate ruler and highly skilled general, he maintained a good relationship with the Senate and led the empire to its greatest expansion, annexing Dacia in the north and reaching the Persian Gulf in the east. The reverse of this beautiful sestertius shows Trajan seated on a platform, addressing his troops, from whom he gets proclaimed imperator. Such acclamations were usually made after military successes and carefully counted. In the case of the present coin, it records Trajan's eigth acclamation, which he probably received after the fall of Singara in 115 during his Parthian campaign. Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1991 Price realized: 1,500 CHF (Approx. 1,703 USD / 1,573 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 26.33 g, 6 h), Rome, 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS / S - C Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding short caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. BMC 1022. Cohen 352. RIC 672. Woytek 534v. A wonderful piece with a fine portrait and an attractive dark green patina. Very light roughness on the obverse and with a small edge bump, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
