Watch List notes:

Trajan, 98-117. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 7.11 g, 7 h), Rome, 111. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan to right, seen from behind. Rev. COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC / ALIM ITAL Trajan standing front, head to left, holding scroll in his left hand and extending his right toward a boy and a girl, both standing facing, raising their heads and hands toward the emperor. BMC 378. Calicó 984. Cohen 15 corr. (bust type). RIC II 93 corr. (bust type). Woytek 345f. Light deposits, otherwise, fine.


From the Birger Bentsen Collection of ancient gold coins, ex Naville E-Auction 24, 17 July 2016, 550 (with collector's ticket).