Watch List notes:

Trajan. Sestertius; Trajan; 98-117 AD, Rome, c. 107-8 AD, Sestertius, 23.78g. Woytek, MIR-302bC (54 spec.); BM-859; Paris-311; C-552 (30 Fr.); RIC-575. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Bust laureate r., fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI around, S C in exergue, Eight-columned temple containing standing male statue on pedestal, in pediment seated figure between two reclining figures, on roof five standing male figures.This sestertius of Trajan is beyond description. The portrait is exceptional and the detail of the temple is unequalled. All of this combined with a wonderful apple green patination. MS