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LOT 3343
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Emperor standing to right, holding spear and parazonium; on ground, reclining figures of Armenia, Euphrates and Tigris, the former reclining to left in centre, head turned facing, the latter two to left and right, facing each other; S C across fields. RIC II 642 corr. (obv. legend); Woytek 590v.2; BMCRE 1037. Very Fine.(25.24gr, 34mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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