Trajan.
AD 98-117. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Divus Nerva. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 107 or 112/113. DIVVS NERVA, laureate head of Nerva right / IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Nerva, togate, holding scepter in right hand, branch in left, seated right on biga of elephants, each mounted by mahout. RIC II 835; Woytek 873; Komnick 74.0; Calicó 980; Biaggi –; BMCRE 706. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only four examples noted by Woytek.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 731732 (May 2002).
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