Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
Lot number: 854 Price realized: 240 GBP (Approx. 303 USD / 280 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 108-110. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius and cornucopiae; prow in background to right, S-C across fields. RIC II 492 var. (obv. bust type); Woytek 323h; BMCRE -. 26.62g, 32mm, 6h. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare bust variety, Woytek lists only one example, the Dr. Christian Jones Collection specimen, found at ancients.info. Ex cgb.fr e-shop; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 493, 9 June 2021, lot 567; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 354, 1 July 2015, lot 532. Estimate: 100 GBP |