Auction 347 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM A Selected Collection of Roman Republican, Imperial and Byzantine Coins 2nd Part
Wednesday 9 July 2025 hours 15:30 (UTC +01:00)
Trajan (98-117), Sestertius, Rome, 103-111; Æ (25,18 g; 33,7 mm; 6 h)
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Laureate bust r., slight drapery on l. shoulder; Rv. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI Trajan standing l., holding thunderbolt and spear, being crowned by Victory standing l. behind him. RIC 549; Cohen 516. Appealing green patina. Traces of old cleaning. Near extremely fine / extremely fine.
Ex Numismatik Lanz Auktion 94 – Sammlung Leo Benz (22 November 1999), lot 441. From the renowned numismatic collection of engineer Leo Benz.
