Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 106-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head to right, drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Roma standing facing, head to left, holding Victory and spear; Dacian at her feet; S-C across fields. RIC II 486; C. 386; Woytek 250b; BN 605 var. (bust type); Lacourt Im4.13 pl. 7, 1 (this coin); BMCRE 772-773. 21.11g, 33mm, 7h.
Good Extremely Fine; an attractive, sharply struck reverse.
This coin published in J. Lacourt, Sesterces des Antonins (96-192): Vol I Nerva-Trajan (France, 2022);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 114, 6 May 2019, lot 668;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 150, 13 December 2010, lot 284;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 52, 7 October 2009, lot 413.
Price realized | 3'000 GBP |
Starting price | 1'500 GBP |
Estimate | 2'500 GBP |