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LOT 3157
Trajan AE Semis. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 109. [IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN] AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on far shoulder / Lupa Romana (she-wolf) at bay to left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 694 (quadrans). Fine.(3.02gr, 17mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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