Triton XVII, Lot: 678. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107-108. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / S P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, front view of octastyle temple on podium of three steps: togate figure standing in the center of the columns; in pediment, seated figure between reclining figures; on roof, five standing figures. RIC II 575; Woytek 302b; Strack 392; Banti 290; BMCRE 859-62; BN 312. Near EF, chestnut patina, some red, edge hammered at mint to close striking split.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23051.