Lot 228
Trajan. Æ Sestertius (25.57 g), AD 98-117. Rome. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V P P, laureate bust of Trajan right, slight drapery on far shoulder. Reverse: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, emperor in military attire on horseback charging right, brandishing spear at Dacian on his knees below. RIC 534; Woytek 203b; BN 405; BMC 839. Large flan. Brownish-green patina, slightly smoothed on reverse. A very handsome example. About Extremely Fine. Value $1,000 - UP
Ex New York Sale XXIII (6 January 2010), 159.
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