Both are very nice I have the Trajan Sestertius matching your Dupondius: Rome, 104/5 - 107 AD 33 mm, 23.43 g RIC II Trajan 527 var (no drapped left shoulder); Banti 168; BMCRE 812; Woytek 204a Ob.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, Laureate bust right Rev.: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI Victory standing right, with left foot on helmet, holding stylus in right hand and resting left on shield set on palm tree trunk, inscribed V(IC DAC) in two lines; S-C across fields
While it may not mean it is worth more, the smaller Gordian Viminacium is a little harder to find nice than the sestertius size. This is not the coin that will pay off the college loans but it is not all that terrible either. I do not have the Gordian radiate. This is the Philip.
Just a question. I'm trying to find the translation of IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P according to cgb: "Imperatori Cæsari Nervæ Traiano Augusti Germanico Dacico Pontifici Maximo Tribuniciæ Potestate Consuli quinto Patri Patriæ" (À l'empereur césar Nerva Trajan auguste germanique, dacique, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la cinquième fois père de la patrie) (https://www.cgbfr.com/trajan-as-tb-,brm_546257,a.html) and according to Numista: Translation: Imperator, Caesar, Nervae Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, of Nerva Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. I can't see anywhere in the legend on the obverse a mention of "conqueror of" I rather think that it means Imperator .... of Germania and Dacia. Obviously my Latin is very poor. Can someone explain?
Not too great, but.... Gordian III. 238-244 AD. MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Æ 22mm. Dated CY 2 (240/241 AD). Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet on either side; AN II in exergue. Boric-Brescovic 133; AMNG I 77; SNG Hungary 164ff; Jekov and Hristova 5 var. (bust seen from the front). Not listed in Varbanov with radiate bust for Year II.
A better one: Gordian III. 238-244 AD. MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Æ (23mm, 6.81 gm, 1h).. Dated CY 4 (242/3 AD). Obv: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands to bull and lion standing at feet on either side; AN IIII (date) in exergue. H&J, Viminacium, 15; AMNG I 84; Varbanov 119
Nice pickups - I like budget ancients in general, and that's a nice haul. As for little Gordian III's from Viminacium, this is one of my favorite Provincials, mostly because of the portrait. Only 3 grams: Gordian III Æ 19 As Year 1 (?) (238-239 A.D.) Viminacium, Moesia Superior IMP CAES M ANT [GORDIANVS AVG], laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / PMS CO L VIM, Moesia standing, facing, bull and lion either side. [AN dot I? - year off flan] in ex. AMNG 73 (uncertain attrib.). (3.07 grams / 19 mm) Here's that Trajan in a worn, sestertius version: Trajan Æ Sestertius (105-107 A.D.) Rome Mint [IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC. RIC 527; Cohen 542cf. (25.86 grams / 32 mm)
