Auction #43

Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right, drapery over far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Abundantia (or Annona) standing facing, head left, holding grain ears and cornucopiae; to left, togate child standing facing; S-C at bottom across fields, ALIM ITAL in exergue. RIC 459; C. 7; BMCRE 867. 26.62g, 32mm, 6h.Good Very Fine. Numismatic Notes: A scarce type in great shape! The legends ALIM ITAL on the reverse of this coin allude to the emperor's public works in feeding hungry children in Italy, hence the depiction of Abundance feeding a child.