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Trajan. 98-117 AD. Sestertius, 26.86g (6h). Rome, c. 113 AD. Obv: IMP CAES [NER T]RAIANO AVG GER - DA[C P] M TR P COS V[I] P P Bust laureate, draped right, seen from side. Rx: PORTVM TRAIANI around, S C in exergue, Bird's-eye view of Trajan's hexagonal harbor at Ostia, with entrance at bottom, buildings and colonnades surrounding the harbor, and three ships anchored within. In the largest ship, at top, two sailors work on the rigging, doubtless lowering the sails after successfully reaching the harbor. MIR 470v (18 spec.). BM 770A corr. Paris 773. RIC 632 (R2). Bust var. of Cohen 178 (80 Fr.). From the same dies as MIR pl. 94, 470v1. Extremely rare and among the finest specimens known of this important issue. Brown patina with some minor areas of corrosion and very gentle smoothing, otherwise Good VF+

Ex NAC 64, 17-18 May 2012, lot 1164; ex Nudelman 10, 2011, lot 99