70, Lot: 40. Estimate $100. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.16 gm). Struck circa 104-107 AD. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Felicitas enthroned left, feet on stool, holding winged caduceus and resting elbow on arm of throne; before her, kneeling Dacian with arms upraised in supplication. RIC II 499; BMCRE -; Cohen -. Fine, brown patina, minor reverse pitting. A very rare type.

Similar specimens portray Pax instead of Felicitas on the reverse (see BMCRE 804-5). While the significance of Pax is understood to refer to the aspired or enforced peace with Dacia after the Roman victory, the depiction of Felicitas on this coin must refer to the hope of prosperity and success which Roman rule will bring to the conquered province.