Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1128. Closing Date: Jan 10, 2005. 
Sold For $2400 

TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.66 gm, 7h). 
Struck circa 104-107 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO 
AVG GER [DAC P M TR P]COS V P P, laureate bust 
right, displaying bare shoulder and chest, slight 
drapery on left shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO 
PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, statue of female 
standing right on pedestal, holding long sceptre and 
cornucopiae; all within octastyle temple set on two-tiered 
base; 
facing seated male statue, holding patera over altar and 
cornucopiae, flanked by kneeling statues in pediment; 
statues as acroteria and along roof line. RIC II 575 var. 
(laureate head right, aegis at point of bust); 
Strack 392-; cf. Banti 116 (Ceres); BMCRE 859 var. 
(laureate head right, slight drapery on left 
shoulder); Cohen 552 var. (same).
Apparently unpublished bust variety for this type. 

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

Used by permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com