Description
Trajan, Sestertius, 103-111, Rome
RIC II Trajan 463.
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped on left shoulder, right.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C AQVA TRAIANA, River god reclining left on rocks under arched grotto supported by two columns; left arm resting on urn and reed in right hand.
23.62 g
31.2 mm
Smoothing and tooled.
Graded by ANACS VF 20 with corroded and tooled. (Coin is out of the slab)
Provenance: HA Auction #61210, 16 May 2021, lot 99098 (Hammered 440$US); Ex CNG 245 (1 December 2010), lot 328 (Hammered 465$US).
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