Lot 2278

Description

Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), AE sestertius, issued 103-111, Rome mint, 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.1007, RIC 519, C.459). Well centred, good fine/fine, scarce.