Very Rare Trajan Sestertius
Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck Winter AD 114-January AD 116. IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, S C across field, Felicitas standing left, holding winged caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II –; Woytek 499b; Strack 451δ2 = Herzfelder Collection (Egger XLIII), lot 774 = Glendining 3/1965 (10 March 1965), lot 52; Banti 104; BMCRE –; BN –; Fitzwilliam Museum Acc. No. CM.50.556-1939. EF, wonderful chestnut-brown and green patina, with excellent surfaces. Very rare, Woytek cites only the Herzfelder and Fitzwilliam pieces (the former cited by Banti).
