Watch List notes:

Trajan, 98-117. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.27 g, 7 h), Rome, autumn 116-August 117. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R Radiate and draped bust of Sol to right. BMC 621. Calicó 1038a. Cohen 187 corr. (GERM not GER). RIC 329f. Woytek 572f. An attractive and beautifully toned piece. A few light old marks on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of an Armenian businessman, ex Gorny & Mosch 211, 4 March 2011, 596 and G. Hirsch 4, 23-26 October 1954, 1357.