Details
LOT 3080
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 103-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Virtus standing to right, holding spear and parazonium, with foot on helmet. RIC II 204; BMCRE 230 corr.; Woytek 197b; RSC 402a. Near Extremely Fine. Toned; scratches and areas of delamination.(3.19gr, 18mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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