Watch List notes:

Trajan, 98-117. Dupondius (Orichalcum, 28 mm, 15.43 g, 6 h), Rome, 111. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Radiate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. S•P•Q•R OPTIMO PRINCIPI• / S - C // ALIM ITAL Annona standing front, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; to left, child, togate, standing facing. BMC 918 note. Cohen 8 var. (differing bust type). RIC 460 var. (differing bust type). Woytek 355b. Well struck and with a lovely brown patina. Light porosity on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Gorny & Mosch 204, 5 March 2012, 2183 and Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Monetarium FPL 53, spring 1990, 133.