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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1737. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  TRAJAN. BID Estimate $300  

                              TRAJAN. 98-117 AD. AR Denarius (3.55 gm). Struck 
                              101-102 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on 
                              left shoulder / Nude statue of Hercules standing 
                              facing, holding lion's skin and club. RIC II 49 
                              var. (no drapery); BMCRE pg. 43 note; RSC 236. EF. 
                              ($300) This statue has been identified as being 
                              part of the Ara Maxima Herculis Invicti, an altar 
                              dedicated to Hercules near the Forum Boarium in 
                              Rome. See Hill, The Monuments of Ancient Rome as 
                              Coin Types, pg. 86.






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Lot sold for  $240, plus buyers fees.

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