Watch List notes:

Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 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 •, Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 123 var. (bust type); Allen Series 42, Type VIII, 26 (dies 32/viii.18); Woytek 292f; Strack 150β; Calicó 1001a; BMCRE 312-4; BN 422-4; Adda 89; Biaggi 471; Jameson –; Mazzini 70 v. Underlying luster, a few minor marks. EF. Splendid portrait.

Ex Lanz 159 (8 December 2014), lot 407.