Ordinary sestertius
Trajan · Observed / Range
Source location: Book VI, Chapter 2, Pricing Schedule, PDF p. 10
Certified / slabbed evidence
Exact-grade/surface comparison
Current fixed-price retail
~$150-$600 ordinary-to-strong
Raw auction
~$125-$250 | ~$300-$600 | ~$750-$1,200+
Market / specialist note
Three raw ranges are published without tier labels beyond sequence. Unlabelled raw observations are displayed as published wording, not assigned to invented auction tiers.
What affects this price?
Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.