125, Lot: 240. Estimate $500. Sold for $363. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.24 g, 7h). Uncertain Asia Minor mint. Struck early 98 AD. IMP NERVA CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM TR P P P COS II, laureate head right / COM ASI across field, distyle temple set on four-tiered base; ROMA ET AVG across entablature; within, cult statue of Augustus standing facing, holding spear, being crowned with wreath by female figure holding cornucopiae. RIC II -; cf. BMCRE 79 (Nerva); Hunter -; cf. RSC 14a (same); Mazzini -; Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1584. Good Fine. Extremely rare first issue.