Lot 4330
Sale 74 · Important Australian, British & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Description
Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued A.D. 115, (7.168 grams), obv. laureate bust of Trajan, draped and cuirassed to right, around IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, rev. in exergue BASILICA VLPIA, frontal view of the Basilica Ulpia, showing entablatures supported by Ionic columns and surmounted by elaborate group of statuary with facing quadriga at centre, (S.3085, RIC 248, C 43). Very fine and rare.
The Basilica Ulpia stood on the north-western side of Trajan's Forum and was dedicated to the emperor in 112 A.D.
- Estimate
- $3,500
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $4,100