THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN SILVER AND BRONZE COINS, Trajan (AD 98-117), Silver Denarius, struck AD 105, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right, rev S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Pax standing left, holding an olive-branch and a cornucopiae, setting her foot on a Dacian, 3.25g, 6h (RIC 190 var (bust); C 400 var). Good portrait, broad flan, extremely fine and scarce.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd
Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated
Estimate: £200-250