Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Web Auction 92 - Greek, Roman, Byzantine Coins and Numismatic Literature III part - Greek, Roman, Byzantine Coins
Sunday 4 October 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +00:00)
Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, c. 103-4. AE (g 23.91, mm 34, h 7). IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust r., slight drapery; Rv. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, view of the Circus Maximus, showing a co
Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, c. 103-4. AE (g 23.91, mm 34, h 7). IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust r., slight drapery; Rv. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, view of the Circus Maximus, showing a colonnaded front (the Duodecim Portae), with arched gateway surmounted by facing quadriga; on right, a similar arch with quadriga, and another arch surmounted by quadriga facing right, temple of Sol along back wall; within from left to right, meta, equestrian statue of Trajan, obelisk of Augustus, shrine of Cybele, and a second meta, S - C. RIC 571. Good very fine