Ancients
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.36 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 103-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from behind / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Arabia standing facing, head left, lowered branch in outstretched right hand, bundle of cinnamon sticks cradled in left; camel walking left at feet to left. RIC II 142 var. (draped bust). Calicó 1004a. Struck from refined style dies, perfectly centered, on lustrous flan with hints of orange toning.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis, Auction 10 (3 December 2018), lot 40
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Estimate: 15000-20000 USD