Description
Trajan (AD 98-117).
Gold Aureus, mint of Rome, AD 111.
Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan facing right.
Reverse: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, emperor standing left, holding volumen in left hand and extending right hand to young boy and girl; ALIM ITAL in exergue.
(RIC 93; Calico 984).
Extremely Fine.
7.27g.
Ex. Lanz, Auction 135 (21/05/2007) lot #633;
Ex. O. Helbing, Auction 63 (29/04/1931) lot #580.