Watch List notes:

Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, AD 98-99; AE (g 27,15; mm 34; h 6); IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M TR P, laureate head r., wearing aegis, Rv. COS - II P P - CONG PR, emperor seated l. on platform; below him, officers; a man in toga mounts steps; behind, statue of Libertas; in ex. S C. RIC 381; C 55.
A bold portrait, untouched green patina. Die shift on reverse, anyway extremely fine.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 17 (1999), lot 1488.


Estimate: 2000 GBP