130, Lot: 348. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLOTINA, wife of Trajan. Augusta, 105-123 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 23.68 g). Struck under Trajan, 112 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Fides standing right, holding grain ears and basket of fruit. RIC II 740 (Trajan); BMCRE 1080 (Trajan); Cohen 12. Fine, dark brown, almost black, patina, some light roughness. Very rare.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.