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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7795429, member: 85693&quot;]Nice one, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER] - like [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] says, these sestertii of Trajan Decius often have squared-off or irregular flans.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two Dacian sestertii - one shows Dacia holding a legionary standard, the other holding the &quot;draco standard&quot; or donkey-headed staff or whatever it is (there are threads on this topic, for instance:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-a-donkey-head.336071/page-2#post-3556829" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-a-donkey-head.336071/page-2#post-3556829">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/this-is-not-a-donkey-head.336071/page-2#post-3556829</a> )</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338367[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Decius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(251 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / DACIA S-C, Dacia standing left, holding standard.</p><p>RIC 113a, Cohen 28</p><p>(18.73 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2017&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Decius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(249-251 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / DACIA S-C, Dacia standing left, holding Dacian draco standard, or staff with head of an ass or wolf.</p><p>RIC 112a, Cohen 18.</p><p>(15.18 grams / 24 x 28 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2018&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the same type in silver - this was one of my better eBay purchases - $19.99 &quot;buy it now&quot; and it came in a Harlan J. Berk flip!&nbsp; It is one of my few respectable provenances:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338368[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Decius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 250-251 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome mint</b></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / DACIA, Dacia standing left, holding draco standard or vertical staff surmounted by ass&#039;s head.</p><p>RIC 12b; RSC 16; Sear 9368.</p><p>(3.88 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338369[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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