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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Evan8, post: 3523641, member: 74343&quot;]I haven&#039;t posted an ancient in awhile and just stumbled upon this one the other day. I was searching <b>US Coin Auctions</b> on Ebay and came across this listing where the seller was offering what they thought to be an 18th century US large cent. Even with how worn it is, even I could tell that wasnt the case. It appeared to be a bronze coin of Trajan. And based on the weight from the seller it seemed to be a sestertius. So naturally I placed a bid seeing how it was in the wrong category and I most likely wasnt going to receive much competition in the listing&#039;s last 30 min. I won the auction and coin for a whopping $13 shipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now while it is really worn, I think I have it attributed about as close as you can get with the help from ERIC II. Although the coin is not shown in Wildwinds, I&#039;m not sure the reference numbers are correct. Wildwinds does show a dupondius and aureus with this reverse type. ERIC II does have a listing for a sestertius with this reverse type so that is the information I will be using.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse type appears to be a standing Trajan and a kneeling Italia, with REST ITAL or REST ITALIA in the exergue, but no way of knowing for sure. So here is what I have:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]935751[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]935752[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>TRAJAN </p><p>AE Sestertius </p><p>Rome</p><p>Laureate head of Trajan bust right. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP</p><p>Trajan standing left on right, shaking hands with kneeling Italia and two children to left. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. REST ITAL(or ITALIA) in ex.</p><p>20.93 grams, 33mm</p><p>This coin is listed in ERIC II as either RIC II 472 or RIC II 473 depending on what the exergue says.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me know if you see something wrong in my attribution, otherwise post your heavily worn ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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