Lot 4550

Description

Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), silver denarius, issued 102, Rome mint, (3.20 g), obv. laureate bust draped to right of Trajan, around IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, rev. Victory standing to left, holding palm and sacrificing with patera over lighted and garlanded altar, around P M TR P COS IIII P P, (cf.S.3145, RIC 67, RSC 248a, BMC 125). Light attractive tone with a full flan, nearly extremely fine and rare in this condition.

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 82 (lot 4087) coming from the John Dean Collection.
In the Reka Devnia Hoard of 81,044 coins, some 5217 were of Trajan and only 11 were of this rare type.