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E-Sale 64  28 Nov 2019
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Lot 689

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 420 GBP
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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.
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