REX PARTHIS DATVS

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1044. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (26.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 116-117. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on daïs, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; behind Trajan, prefect standing left. RIC II 668; Banti 97. Good VF, dark green patina. Wonderful bust type.