574
Trajan (AD 98-117), Æ Sestertius, 26.65g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 104.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO
AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P P
, bust facing right, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder. Rev.
S P Q R
OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C
, Pax standing left, holding an olive-branch and a cornucopiae, her right foot resting
on a Dacian (RIC 503 var; C 406 var; RCV 3198 var). Attractive brown tone, with a portrait of excellent style,
nearly extremely fine.
$ 1,200
575
Trajan (AD 98-117), ÆDupondius, 12.45g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 114-117.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO
OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P
, bust facing right, laureate and draped. Rev.
SENATVS
POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, S-C
, Felicitas standing left, holding a caduceus and a cornucopiae (RIC 674;
C 353). Dark green patina, good very fine.
$ 400
576
Trajan (AD 98-117), Silver Tetradrachm, 15.26g, 6h. Mint of Tyre, Phoenicia, struck AD 103-109. Head of
Trajan facing right, laureate, above an eagle standing right, a club on right. Rev.
ΔHMAPX EΞYΠATE
, bust
of Melqart-Hercules facing right, laureate, with lion skin draped around neck (Prieur 1495; McAlee 455).
Good metal, with some residual lustre, extremely fine, a very good example.
$ 700
ex Noble Numismatics, Sale 91, 21-23 July 2009, lot 3540
577
Matidia (daughter of Marciana), Silver Denarius, 3.33g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 112. [
M
]
ATIDIA AVG
DIVAE MARCIANAE F
, bust facing right, diademed and draped. Rev. [
PI
]
ETAS AVGVST
, Matidia, as Pietas,
standing facing, her head turned left, placing her hands on the heads of two small figures (Sabina and Matidia
the younger?) at her sides (RIC (Trajan) 759; BMC (Trajan) 660; C 10; Woytek 729; RCV 3378). Toned, very
fine.
Very
rare
.
$ 2,500
