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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7975364, member: 115909"]I managed to pick up this Trajan tetradrachm today for a good price <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I like about it is that it's a coin of Trajan's but it's not a normal Roman coin since the Romans didn't use tetradrachms but rather the denarius & aureus so this is a provincial coin from Phoenicia, Tyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also really like coins with eagles on them and Romans loved to put eagles on all kinds of things (including the coveted aquilas) so I really liked the design. ^_^</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and I think I am actually going to crack this baby out of it's NGC slab just because I <u>really</u> want to hold it in my hand xD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383970[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383971[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHOENICIA. Tyre. Trajan (AD 98-117). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 6h). NGC Choice VF.</b> •ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ•, laureate head of Trajan right / •ΔΗΜΑΡΧ-•ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ •Є•, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, wings spread. Prieur 1504. McAlee 439.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7975364, member: 115909"]I managed to pick up this Trajan tetradrachm today for a good price :). One thing I like about it is that it's a coin of Trajan's but it's not a normal Roman coin since the Romans didn't use tetradrachms but rather the denarius & aureus so this is a provincial coin from Phoenicia, Tyre. I also really like coins with eagles on them and Romans loved to put eagles on all kinds of things (including the coveted aquilas) so I really liked the design. ^_^ Oh and I think I am actually going to crack this baby out of it's NGC slab just because I [U]really[/U] want to hold it in my hand xD. [ATTACH=full]1383970[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383971[/ATTACH] [B]PHOENICIA. Tyre. Trajan (AD 98-117). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 6h). NGC Choice VF.[/B] •ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ•, laureate head of Trajan right / •ΔΗΜΑΡΧ-•ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ •Є•, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, wings spread. Prieur 1504. McAlee 439.[/QUOTE]
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