1189.  TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.14  gm). Struck 113 AD. Laureate
and draped  bust right /  DACIA AVGVST, PROVINCIA in  exergue, Dacia seated
left on rock, holding aquila, small child seated before on rock. RIC II 621
var. (drapery on left shoulder only); BMCRE 960 var. (same); Cohen 125 var.
(same); Banti,  I Grandi Bronzi, 55 (only  one specimen cited). Good VF/VF,
mottled red and brown patina, smoothed. Very rare variant of a rare reverse
type. ($1000)


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 1189.
 
 Lot sold for $300.


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