Trajan AE As, 98-117 AD, 9.6g, 26.0mm OBV: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Laureate head right. REV: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C in exergue, Trajan on horseback right, spearing Dacian below horse. REF: RIC 543, Cohen 509. This is one of my $10 bargain bin coins. Feel free to post Trajan coins if you so wish.
Rough, but more than worth what you paid Gil. Congrats on the pick up. Here is one of my favorite Trajan coins: TRAJAN AR Denarius OBVERSE: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P laureate, draped REVERSE: COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC – DAC CAP in ex. Dacian seated r. on pile of arms, his hands bound behind him. Struck at Rome, 103-111 AD 2.8g, 18mm RIC 96
Nice type for $10. Share a beast instead of denarii. Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.) AR Tetradrachm PHOENICIA, Tyre Dated COS 5, year 15 (111 AD) O: AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ∆AK, Laureate head right set on eagle standing right; club to left. R: ∆HMAPX - EΞ IE YΠAT E, laureate bust of Melqart draped in lion-skin. 24mm 13.7g Prieur 1515; BMC Phoenicia pg. 301, 15
That's a nice big As => congrats on a sweet new horse-coin, my friend I happen to have three Trajan examples (usually I only collect one from each ruler, but there are so many cool Trajan coins) ... ... congrats again on a great new animal-coin addition!!
Trajan has some interesting types and this action shot has always been a favorite. Of course he also has a certain number of 'somebody standing there' reverses so, in interest of equal time for lesser coins, I post some of that genre. A question grade, surfaces, strike and rarity being equal, how much more will you pay for a coin with a nice action reverse than one some might call 'ordinary'? What percentage of collectors care about reverses? I do but I still buy both.
A Trajan sestertius I let go too cheaply in CNG 99 on Wednesday: Powerful Heroic Bust of Trajan Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius (26mm, 27.61 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 106-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate heroic bust left, slight drapery / S • P • Q • R • OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Ceres standing left, holding long torch and grain ears over modius to left. RIC II 478 var. (bust type); Woytek 240q; Banti 117; NAC 52, lot 412 (same obv. die). Magnificent and extremely rare bust type.
Absolutely!!! Terrific assortment of types and denominations And, I go fo the assorted reverses too!!! Each has so much to say about the times they were minted---and the variation looks so COOL!! Since mine are already 'represented', I'll pass on a photo post for now.
Absolutely!! (Changed my mind and posted it now anyway--I still need LOTS and LOTS of photo practice LOL) My humble offering---An Ass .....(the Sestertius are very worn and circulated). The COS seems to indicate a 98 AD minting.
oooops, missed this one...a 5 coin streak! heck yeah GG! my small collection is trajan deficient, this is my only one...
About 150 years later there was another guy named Trajan Decius: I affectionately call this reverse "The Hitchhikers". Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus A.D. 249-251 4.14 gms, 23 mm Obv: Rad. Bust of Trajan facing right. IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANVS DECIVSAVG. Rev: Two Pannoniae standing side-by-side each holding a standard. PANNONIAE. Grade: gEF essentially as struck. Well centered on flan with all legends legible. Eye-catching planchet split at 2:00 does not affect any design. Other: Sear 2699, C.86., R.I.C. 21b. Ex Heritage Jan 2013 auction 3022 Lot #26321 From Eye Appealing Coins 9/2013.
Hey, I have the hitchhikers too. Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. 249-251 AD. OBV: IMP C Q M TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right. REV: PANNONIAE, Twin Pannoniae, veiled, standing front, both looking left, each wearing robe reaching to feet and holding standard, both raising hand. REF: RIC 23
