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Lot # 561
Trajan (98-117 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint, 116 AD. Obv. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER D[AC PARTHICO P M TR P COS V P P] Laureate and draped bust right. Rev. REX [PARTHIS] DATVS SC. Trajan seated left in curule chair on high platform. accompanied by an officer, placing diadem on the head of king Parthamaspates who stands before him next to platform; Parthia kneeling right in supplication to left. RIC II 667; C. 328 (Fr. 20). AE. 22.42 g. 33.00 mm. R. Rare and historically important issue. Hairline flan crack. Traces of smoothing. VF/About VF.