Rare Architectural Issue

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1017. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Dupondius (10.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107-111. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Octastyle temple with portico on either side; in center, Jupiter seated; architrave adorned with figure of Jupiter and other figures; on roof, figure holding spear between two Victories. RIC II 577 var. (draped). VF, green patina, minor surface roughness. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 883.