Lot 3463
Sale 112 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
Description
Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 114-117, Rome mint, (2.71 g), obv. laureate bust, draped to right of Trajan, around IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, rev. Trajan's Column with two eagles at base, around P M TR P CO S VI P P S P Q R, (S.3151, RIC 356, RSC 284a). Well centred, nearly fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 67 (lot 1845).
The coin is accompanied with an envelope noting purchase at Paestum, January 12, 1898. Trajan's Column is one of the few surviving monuments on a Roman coin still seen today.
- Estimate
- $80
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $80