| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 747 Price realized: 11,500 USD (Approx. 10,533 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 27.45 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-summer 114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / SPQR OP TIMO [PRI] NCIPI, FORVM TRAIAN/ S • C in two lines in exergue, view of the Forum of Trajan: the front is formed by six columns, on a podium of two steps, carrying a heavy center pier and two smaller piers on each side: there are four recesses between the piers: both left and right the side is indicated by a column and a recess: in the intercolumniations of the front are a doorway in center, and four small shrines with statues, two to left, two to right: above each of these is a round shield: above, statues–in center, a facing quadriga with driver, to left and right, warriors leading the quadriga, to left and right, trophies and Victories (?). RIC II 630 var. (bust type); Woytek 465b2; Strack 425; Banti 70 var. (same); BMCRE 984; BN 715 var. (same). Green-brown patina. VF. Wonderful architectural reverse. Very rare. Ex Gemini IX (9 January 2012), lot 480 (hammer $8,500). Nearly every detail of the Forum Traiani was intended as a celebration and aggrandizement of the emperor's Dacian victory, so it is fitting that the forum's entrance doubled as Trajan's triumphal arch. In typical fashion, the arch is surmounted by a statuary group with figures of the emperor and Victory in a chariot, here drawn by six horses, and flanked by soldiers, trophies, and additional Victories. Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
