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 Item Sold At Auction #37
   Lot Number: 64184
   Final Sale Price: $48.40
   Denomination: Semis
   Reference: RIC II 650; BMCRE 1093; Cohen -

  Trajan. 98-117 AD. Æ Semis (4.36 gm). Struck 116-117 AD. 
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped 
bust of Trajan right / DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI
  P P, S • C within laurel wreath. RIC II 650; BMCRE 1093; Cohen -. 

See the two articles by Metcalf in ANSMN 20 (1975) and 22 
(1977), and Carradice and Cowell's article in NumChron (1987).

Online auction 37 closed September 10, 2001.
Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com