Trajan Æ 20mm of Odessus, Moesia Inferior. AD 98-117. AVTO NEPOYA ΤΡΑΙ, laureate head to right / ΟΔΗCЄΙΤΩΝ, emperor on horseback riding to right, chlamys flowing behind him, holding spear. RPC III 764.8 (this coin) var. (obv. legend); AMNG 2230 var. (same); Varbanov 4277 var. (same). 6.58g, 20mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex Tom Buggey Collection, Agora Auctions, Auction 74, 5 June 2018, lot 63 (with incorrect obverse legend).
This coin is one of 8 examples known to RPC, however, it differs from the others greatly in style and in the letters and arrangement of the obverse legend.