Forum Traiani

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1006. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (7.28 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-115. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORVM TRAIAN in exergue, Arcus Traiani (triumphal entrance) of the Forum Traiani: hexastyle building façade; surmounted by statue of facing chariot drawn by six horses between three figures on either side; four statues within arches below. RIC II 257; Calicó 1031. Good VF.

Built with the spoils from the conquest of Dacia, the Forum Traiani was opened in AD 112.