Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust right, with drapery on far shoulder / [S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI], Equestrian statue of emperor on horseback left, holding reversed spear; SC in exergue. RIC 598; Woytek 461b; Banti 195; BMCRE 970. 30.79g, 34mm, 5h.
About Good Very Fine; reverse double struck. Attractive patina.
From the inventory of Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd. (New York).
The reverse of this type portrays the much-admired Equus Traiani, the great equestrian statue of Trajan that stood at the entrance to the forum built in his name.