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RIC 642 of Trajan

Trajan Æ Sestertius. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TR P COS VI PP, laureate draped bust right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE SC, Trajan standing facing with spear & parazonium, Armenia, Euphrates & Tigris at feet. RIC 642, Cohen 39.

Lot No.10055. Good VF, beautiful dark green patina.

$ 995.

Trajan (98-117 AD) was responsible for a great expansion of the Roman Empire and its economy. This and his long reign have given us an abundance of coin types in the highest artistic style of Roman coin art.