Electrotype: Trajan Æ Sestertius. Unknown maker, circa 19th century, after Rome, AD 104-111. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, octastyle temple of Venus Genetrix(?); Venus standing within; [Jupiter seated facing] on pediment, [flanked by smaller reclining figures]; five statues on roof; SC in exergue. For prototype, cf. RIC II 575; cf. BMCRE 859; cf. C. 552; cf. Woytek 302b. 21.58g, 36mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From a private English collection.
This electrotype is based on the example of this type that was part of the Consul EF Weber Collection, cf. Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 93, 16 December 2003, lot 142.