172, Lot: 201. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.10 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 116. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC II 319; BMCRE 569; Cohen 153. Near VF, cut on cheek and several pin pricks in obverse field, punch mark on reverse near edge at 2:00.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.