Auction 279 - Imperium. Roman Coin Portraits Auction 279 - Imperium. Roman Coin Portraits
Tuesday 12 March 2024 hours 15:00 (UTC +01:00)
Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, AD 116-117; Æ (g 24,55; mm 34)
Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, AD 116-117; Æ (g 24,55; mm 34); IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust r., Rv. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, Trajan standing facing, head r., holding spear and parazonium; on ground, reclining figures of Armenia, Euphrates and Tigris; in field, S - C. RIC 642; C 39.Rare. Brown-green patina; good very fine.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction R (17 May 2007), lot 1505.