ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Trajan (A.D. 98-117), Gold Aureus, 7.37g, 7h.Struck A.D. 100.IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, head of Trajan right, laureate. Rev. P M TR P COS III P P, Roma seated left on a cuirass, her right foot resting on a helmet, and holding Victory and a parazonium (RIC 39; Calicó 1047 (this coin); Biaggi 504 (this coin); BMC -, p. 39 *; C 217).Broad flan, residual lustre, nearly extremely fine.Scarce.
Purchased privately in 1954
Ex Biaggi Collection
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 49, Zürich, 21 October 2008, lot 179
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 9,500