4006
Auction #19
Lot Number: 61173
Final Sale Price: $693.00
Denomination: Sestertius
Reference: RIC II 621; BMCRE 960 var.; Cohen 125 var.; Banti 55

  Trajan. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (23.79 gm). Struck 112-114 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE
  TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS VI PP, laureate and draped bust right / DACIA AVGVST,
  PROVINCIA/S C in exergue, Dacia seated left on rock, holding aquila, small child
  seated before on rock. RIC II 621 (drapery on left shoulder only); BMCRE 960 var.
  (same); Cohen 125 var. (same); Banti, I Grandi Bronzi, 55 (only one specimen cited).
  Good Fine, mottled green patina. Very rare variant of a rare reverse type. 

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