Watch List notes:

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 108-110. • IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Trajan, bareheaded, in military dress, stepping right, raising right hand and holding transverse spear, point downward, over left shoulder in left hand. RIC II 136; Allen Series 42, Type VII.6 (dies 29/vii.6); Woytek 294f2 (same dies as illustration); Strack 123β; Calicó 1007a (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 347-8; BN –; Biaggi 477. Light marks, trace deposits, minor edge marks from prior bezel, minor die rust on obverse. Good VF.


From the Provence Collection.