CNG 108, Lot: 440. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantium. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (26mm, 10.28 g, 1h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / BYZANTIΩN EΠI TPAIAN[OY KAI TO Γ], crested Corinthian helmet to right, with seated lion at top of bowl and serpent on cheekguard. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1332-3 var. (V17/R– [unlisted rev. die]); RPC III 1068. Near EF, green patina. Exceptional depiction of helmet.

This interesting issue names Trajan as magistrate for the third time.