Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late summer-autumn AD 114. Good VF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 748. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 25.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late summer-autumn AD 114. IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONSERVATORI PATRIS PATRIAE, S • C in exergue, Jupiter, nude except for cloak hanging behind him from his shoulders, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand over Trajan standing left, holding laurel branch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC II –; Woytek 507f (this coin); Strack 448β; Banti 39 var. (bust type); BMCRE p. 215, * corr. (bust type); BN –. Brown patina, some green, flan preparation marks on obverse, light smoothing. Good VF. Extremely rare, Woytek records only one other example in the Vatican Collection, which BMCRE quotes with incorrect information about the bust variant.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Gemini II (10 January 2006), lot 347 (hammer $9,000); Lanz 123 (30 May 2005), lot 562.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Three – Lot 648–983 will be held Wednesday morning, 10 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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