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RIC 657 of Trajan

Trajan Æ Sestertius. Struck 114-117 AD. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head right / Trajan seated on platform with two advisors, addressing group soldiers, IMPERATOR VIIII below, S C in ex. Cohen 178.

Lot No.2656. VF and Rare. Some smoothing of obverse fields. 28.1 grams.

$ 1650.

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.