Aqua Traiana

Triton XIX, Lot: 529. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 111. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, AQ VA/TRAIANA in two lines in exergue, flanked by S C, Genius of the Aqua Traiana, holding reed in right hand and resting left arm on urn from which water flows, under arched grotto supported by two columns. RIC II 463; Woytek 359b; Strack 407; Banti 15; BMCRE 873; BN 526. Good VF, black-green patina.