Lot 3435
Sale 129 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), AE sestertius, issued 107, Rome mint, AE 32, (24.43 g), 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, minor roughness, nearly extremely fine, with a dark green patination, very scarce.
Spes was the Goddess of Hope, worshipped as a divinity. She had temples and altars. The flower in her hand, signals the hope of fruit to come.
- Estimate
- $1,000
- Result Status
- Passed in