Watch List notes:

Trajan, 98-117. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.30 g, 7 h), Rome, 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. P M TR P COS VI P P•S•P•Q•R Bonus Eventus standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and grain-ears in his left. BMC 545. Cohen 275 var. (not cuirassed). RIC 347 var. (not cuirassed). Woytek 517f. Struck in high relief and with a portrait of fine style. Very minor edge split, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection, Ars Classica XVII, 3 October 1934, 766.