The Three Trajans

This coin was struck in Sidon- Phoenicia. Unusually, the obverse shows the goddess of love with a bust much bigger than that of the Roman Emperor himself. Reverse reveals the humped bull. It weighs 8.16 g.

 

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Another lesson learned about ancients. Thank you all.

 

The 'choice EF' is a very, very good looking coin, but for historical reasons, I think your VIA TRAIANA type is most desirable. In all, a very nice set @Restitutor

Here's a dupondius of mine, with some pitting. But overall a strong portrait and appealing reverse.

 

I must admit one of my favorite emperors is Trajan. I am particularly fond of his sestertii. Generally I find that the early and late portraits are relatively common but the middle portraits seen to be a bit more difficult ( At least in my experience) to acquire. So a little while ago I took the time to purchase this guy. I am very pleased with the portrait, It depicts Trajan with a rather large blunt face and a bull neck. This portrait seems to be a development from an earlier style that had his hair in rather thick wooly curls. The curls in his head on this portrait are much more refined. I am pleased to get the reverse as it refers to his great victory over the Dacians. Though many sestertii reverses depict Trajan as well as some of the Roman gods all busily maltreating Dacians This coin has a specific reference to that campaign. Trajan Ae Sestertius 104/5- 107 AD. Obv, Bust right laureate Aegis on far shoulder Rv. Victory standing right inscribing VIC / DAC on shield set on palm trunk. RIC 528 Woytek 204cA 28.90 grms 33 mm

 

Your coins are fantastic. Yet I have to say that I like the images much better than the videos. In my humble opinion, coin videos only make sense if you want to show different lighting angles by moving the coin in your hand. Otherwise, I prefer normal pictures.

A favorite Trajan:

Trajan, Roman Empire, denarius, 101/102 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAESAR NERVA TRAIAN AUG GERM, laureate head of Trajan right. Rev: PM TRP COS IIII PP, Victory standing facing, holding wreath and palm branch. 18mm, 3.04g. Ref: RIC II Trajan 58.

 

Singig's rare DACICVS As of Trajan, though not in RIC, seems to be described by Strack 349 (Budapest, Florence) and Woytek 137c (aegis on shoulder: Oxford, Florence). Cf. also Woytek 137a (no aegis: Utrecht, Verona, Lanz Graz IV).

 

Trajan is also one of my favorite emperors, numismatically and otherwise. Without checking, I'm pretty sure I have more of his coins (not that the number is large) than of any other emperor except for Hadrian. Here's one I particularly like, both because of the obverse portrait and because of the very underfed Dacian on the reverse, who will always remind me of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz:

Trajan AR Denarius, 106 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P / Rev. Captive Dacian in peaked cap with wide brim, seated right on shield in mournful attitude with left elbow on raised left knee, and face resting in left hand; below, curved Dacian sword (falx) right; SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. RIC II 219 (http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219); RSC II 529; Sear RCV II 3168 (obv. var.); BMCRE 175 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584). 17 mm., 3.02 g., 6 h.

 

Thank you very much for the information !

I have started to read your review article about the Woytech book , I hope that someday I can find it at a better price and buy this book.
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/r...ronicle-172-offprint-royal-numismatic-society