Ancients
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 7.05 gm, 6h). NGC VF 5/5 - 1/5, ex-jewelry, marks. Rome, AD 112-113. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped bust of Trajan right, seen from side / FORVM TRAIAN, frontal view of Trajan's Forum, with six columns, four of which are extended to the roof, entrance in center, four niches containing statues between columns five shields above niches and entrance, roof surmounted by quadriga in center with two figures in cart, flanked by pair of figures on either side with trophy between them. RIC II 255 var. (laureate head right). Calicó 1029 (same dies).
From the Rockport Collection. Privately purchased from Heritage Auctions in the 1980s. Sold with original custom holder listing older catalog references.
A representation of Trajan's famous marketplace, raised with the spoils of his Dacian conquest.
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