Freeman & Sear > Mail Bid Sale 17 | Auction date: 15 December 2009 |
Lot number: 267 | |
Lot description: Trajan (AD 98-117). Silver tetradrachm (10.17 gm).Asia, 98-99. [IMP NER]VA CAES TRAIAN AVG — GERM P M TR P P P COS II, laureate head right / [C]OM — ASI, distyle temple inscribed ROMA ET AVG on entablature, Trajan standing facing within, holding spear, crowned by female deity holding cornucopiae. RIC 723 (R3) var. (obv. legend, rev. legends). RSC 610-610a var. Cf. RCV 3115. As Gemini II, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 349. Very rare. Obverse struck a bit weakly, otherwise very fine Ex A. Lynn Collection; CNG Sale 57, 28 Mar. 2001, lot 1210. Estimate: $1,000 |