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LOT 3110
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M THICO P M TR P COS VI P P (sic), radiate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE [ROMANVS], emperor standing facing, head to left, between two trophies; S C in exergue. RIC II 676 var. (obverse legend); BMCRE 1052-4 var. (same); Woytek 586v var. (same). Good Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled, possibly resulting in variant in obverse legend.(14.12gr, 26mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 821 (company's ticket included).
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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