RB88224. Orichalcum sestertius, Woytek 240q (same dies), BnF IV 512 (same dies), BMCRE III 771, Banti 117, Strack I 398, RIC II 478 var. (bust), Cohen 367 var. (same), VF, well centered, rough, extremely rare with this bust, struck with a superb obverse die!, Rome mint, weight 21.340g, maximum diameter 34.4mm, die axis 180
o, c. 106 - 107 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate heroic bust left, full chest exposed, drapery on left shoulder; reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Ceres standing half left, head left, holding grain over modius in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) divided across field;
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