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Auction: 16004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1141

Trajan (AD 98-117), AE Sestertius, Rome, c.112-114, laureate bust right with aegis on right shoulder, drapery on left, imp caes nerva traiano avg ger dac pm trp cos vi pp, rev. spqr optimo p[rinci]pi basilica vlpia sc, façade of the Basilica Ulpia - large rectangular building with three projecting epistyla, the central one surmounted by facing quadriga between two statues, the separate flanking epistyla surmounted by horsemen, all on two-stepped podium (cf. RIC 617 and 618; cf. BMC 982 and 983; cf. Woytek, Die Reichsprägung Des Kaisers Traianus, 464c), absolutely natural, and intact, pale green patina, virtually extremely fine and very rare

provenance
Discovered in Berkshire in 2015 and recorded with the Portable Antiquity Scheme as BERK-FE5596

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Sold for
£11,000