| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 743 Price realized: 16,000 USD (Approx. 14,654 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 (34.5mm, 23.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 101-102. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery / TR POT COS IIII P P, S C in exergue, Pax, draped, seated left on throne, holding olive branch in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC II 432 var. (bust type); Woytek 107b; Strack 338; Banti 337; BMCRE 745, note; BN 144-5. Glossy green patina, some smoothing. EF. Boldly struck, with a magnificent portrait. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 117 (19 May 2021), lot 521 ($22,000 hammer). When Trajan entered his fourth consulship in AD 101, the Roman Empire seemed securely at peace, as celebrated by the figure of Pax on the reverse of this attractive sestertius. This peace, however, was not to be sustained as Trajan was already planning a massive campaign against the Dacian King Decebalus, who had humiliated Roman armies on two occasions during Domitian's reign. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
