Lot 2761

Description

Trajan, (A.D. 98-117), AE sestertius, issued 111, Rome Mint, (26.51 g), obv. laureate bust draped on far shoulder to right of Trajan, around IMP CAES NERVA TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, rev. ALIM ITAL in exergue, Annona standing to front looking left, holding corn ears and cornucopiae, child before with roll, around S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across, (S.3177, RIC 459, BMC 869, C.510). Good very fine, very scarce.

Ex Numismatic Ars Classica, Zurich, Auction Sale L May 18, 2001 (lot 1809).