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LOT 2908
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 103-111. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and shield. RIC II 163; Cohen 378. Near Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and shield. RIC II 163; Cohen 378. 3.30gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
