Details
LOT 3079
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, aegis at point of bust / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopiae with left; S C across fields. RIC II 624; Cohen 142. Near Extremely Fine. Charming olive green patina.(24.44gr, 31mm, 6h).
Provenance
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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LOT 3079
Trajan AE Sestertius.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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