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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 172

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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Trajan. AD 98-117. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 20 February-circa autumn AD 116. IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM ΛVG GER DΛC PΛRTHICO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / REG NA • AD SIGNATA, Trajan, bareheaded and in military dress, seated left on sella castrensis set on platform on right, holding out right hand; officer standing to left and right, the one on left holding spear; below, on the ground to left stand three kings, facing Trajan, the foremost holding out his right hand to receive a diadem. RIC II 367; Woytek 564f; Strack 250β; Calicó 1079; BMCRE –; BN –; Hunter 197; Adda –; Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Light scratches on obverse, traces of deposits. Near VF. Rare. Missing from most major collections.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory 46317; Auctiones AG 17 (7 June 1988), lot 592.
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