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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa spring AD 113-summer 114. • IMP • TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, aquila between vexillum surmounted by wreath on left and signum surmounted by hand on right. RIC II 294 var. (bust type); Beckmann, Early Group VIII, 14b (dies a48/S8 – this coin); Woytek 418f–1; Strack 195β; Calicó 1120 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 456-7 var. (positions of vexillum and signum); BN 735; Adda 108 (same rev. die); Biaggi 544 (same dies); Mazzini 577 (same dies). Underlying luster. Good VF.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 889; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 1471; J. Schulman (9 October 1933), lot 72; Joseph Laugier Collection (J. Schulman 114, 5 May 1913), lot 162 .
Joseph Laugier (1828-1901) served as the curator of the Marseille Medal Cabinet and was a member of the Académie de Marseille (elected in 1872).
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 42 (29 May 1997), lot 889; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 1471; J. Schulman (9 October 1933), lot 72; Joseph Laugier Collection (J. Schulman 114, 5 May 1913), lot 162 .
Joseph Laugier (1828-1901) served as the curator of the Marseille Medal Cabinet and was a member of the Académie de Marseille (elected in 1872).