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Numismatic Auction 74  5 Jun 2018
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Lot 222

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 168 USD
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Trajan. A.D. 98-117. AE as (26 mm, 9.98 g, 7 h). Rome, A.D. 112-115. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, VIA TRAIANA, SC, Via Trajana reclining left, holding branch and wheel. RIC 639 (corr.); BMCRE 1012. VF, brown surfaces, rough. Scarce.

From the Tom Buggey Collection; ex Tony Hardy Collection; ex CNG.

Commemorates the building of the Via Trajana, the extension of the Appian Way in southern Italy, giving three major towns on the Adriatic coast a direct route to the capital Rome. Sold for $120 plus buyer's fee, 10.08.2005
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