Lot 3706

Description

Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), AE sestertius, issued 107, Rome mint, (25.32 grams), obv. laureate head with aegis on far shoulder to right of Trajan, around IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, rev. Spes walking to left, holding flower and lifting skirt, around S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, (S.3200, RIC 519, C.459). Well centred, good fine/fine, scarce.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 68 (lot 2192) and previously Sale 52 (lot 2278).