Ancients
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.22 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 112-114. IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / Frontal view of Trajan's Forum with six columns, four of which are extended to the roof, entrance in center between two columns, four niches containing statues, seiugis (chariot of six horses) facing on roof, flanked by three figures on each side; FORVM TRAIAN in exergue. RIC II 257. Calicó 1031. Rare, with a detailed representation of Trajan's famous marketplace, raised with the spoils of his Dacian conquest.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 236 (7 March 2016), lot 440; Peus, Auction 360 (27 April 1999), lot 412.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD