Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 28.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 20 February AD 116-August 117. Good VF.Electronic Auction 563 Roman Imperial, Bronze Estimate: $ 500 |
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Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 28.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck after 20 February AD 116-August 117. Laureate and draped bust right / Trajan, wearing military attire, standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; around feet, Armenia, Tigris, and Euphrates: to right, Armenia resting hand on head flanked by Euphrates and Tigris, both reclining on urn from which water flows and holding reed. RIC II 642; Woytek 590v–3; Banti 29. Dark red-brown and green patina, smoothed and tooled. Good VF. |