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      ROMAN EMPIRE: Trajan. (AD 98-117). AV aureus (7.17 gm).

      AD 115. Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan right 
      / DIVI. NERVA. ET. TRAIANVS. PAT, confronted busts of 
      Divus Nerva, laureate and draped, on left, and Divus 
      Trajan Pater, draped, on right. BMCRE 498. RIC 726. C. 
      1. Hill 659. RCTV 3321. Very rare. About very fine 

      The father of the emperor Trajan enjoyed a successful 
      public career, crowned by a consulship ca. AD 70. He 
      died very early in his son's reign, but was not deified 
      until AD 115. This aureus, struck in the year of his 
      consecration, honors both of Trajan's deified fathers, 
      his biological father and his adoptive father, the late 
      emperor Nerva. 
      Estimated Value: $ 7,500 


 ... Sold for $6000 [ approx 4920 EUR, 3360 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 12, Closed October 28, 2005.

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