Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1273. Closing Date: Jan 10, 2005. Sold For $3500 

CONTORNIATE, In the name of Divus Trajan. Circa 
late 4th century AD. Ć 37mm (22.67 gm, 7h). DIVO 
NERVA-E TRAIANO, laureate bust of Divus Trajan 
right, slight drapery on left shoulder; PE 
monogram in right field / Aerial view of chariot 
race in the Circus Maximus: spina with obelisk of 
Augustus flanked by metae, lap-counter, and 
statues of horseman and boar right; two quadrigae 
left above; two quadrigae right below, one with 
charioteer holding palm and extending hand; figure 
between, waving mappa. Alföldi, Kontorniat, Tf. 
221, 3 (this coin). 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Frederick 
S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1-3 May 1980), 
lot 1403.


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