Superb coin. Die break present. Beautiful collector’s patina.

Trajanus 98-117 Sestercius, 116-117. 25.25 g.

Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TR P COS VI PP. Laureate and draped bust facing right.

Reverse: PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI SPQR / S – C Providentia standing facing, wearing a long robe and mantle, head turned to the left; holding a long sceptre in her left hand, her left elbow resting on a column, and pointing with her lowered right hand toward a globe at her feet.

References : BMC 222, 1041; BN IV, 111, 917; C. 320;