Watch List notes:

Trajan AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Ephesus(?), AD 98-99. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M TR P P P, laureate head right / Six grain ears upright, tied in a bundle; COS-II across fields. RIC -, cf. 721 for obv., 715 for rev.; RSC -, cf. 52a for obv., 50 for rev. 10.50g, 25mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Attractive cabinet tone with golden highlights. Noteworthy for the portrait, which bears a striking likeness to Domitian.

Ex Freeman & Sear, Mail Bid Sale 17, 15 December 2009, lot 266;
Ex A. Lynn Collection, Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction, 3 November 2001, lot 62519.