429, Lot: 331. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 27.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112/113-114. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II 625 var. (bust type); Woytek 480f; Banti 60. Good VF, attractive pale green patina with touches of red, faint cleaning marks. Rare with this bust type. Banti records only one example.

Ex CNG Inventory 974149 (March 2014).