Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Bronze, 35 mm, 24.96 g). Rome. 103-104. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, View of the Circus Maximus: in the foreground, arcaded structures ending at right in a terminal arch surmounted by a quadriga; behind them, at left, a second arch likewise topped by a quadriga. In the background, the far side of the Circus with the spectator stands and, at centre, the tetrastyle temple of Sol. On the spina, the Augustan obelisk; at either end, the metae. Between them, the equestrian statue of Trajan and the shrine of Cybele; in exergue, S C. RIC II, 571. Cohen 546. BMC 856. Woytek 175c. Black pitch-like patina from an old collection, with subsequent cleaning that has revealed the underlying depressions. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.

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Trajan, 98-117. Sestertius (Bronze, 35 mm, 24.96 g). Rome. 103-104. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, View of the Circus Maximus: in the foreground, arcaded structures ending at right in a terminal arch surmounted by a quadriga; behind them, at left, a second arch likewise topped by a quadriga. In the background, the far side of the Circus with the spectator stands and, at centre, the tetrastyle temple of Sol. On the spina, the Augustan obelisk; at either end, the metae. Between them, the equestrian statue of Trajan and the shrine of Cybele; in exergue, S C. RIC II, 571. Cohen 546. BMC 856. Woytek 175c. Black pitch-like patina from an old collection, with subsequent cleaning that has revealed the underlying depressions. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.

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