Lot 2409

Description

Trajan, (A.D.117-138), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued 112-114, obv. laureate bust of Trajan to right, aegis on right shoiulder, around IMP [CAES NE]RVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, rev. Trajan's column surmounted by statue of the emperor, around S[PQR OPTI]MO PRINCIPI, S C across, (S.-, RIC 602, C.561). Fine and rare.

Ex. Ken Jacobs Collection. One of the few ancient coins which feature a monument that still survives in Rome. Of great historical importance and rarely offerred.