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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1999438, member: 19463&quot;]...turns out to be a big one compared to its peers.&nbsp; At 2.06g and 14mm this dichalkon of Trajan has a wide spread flan with a lot of evidence on how flans were made for these small coins.&nbsp; The reverse shows a casting sprue that once connected it to a chain of neighbors.&nbsp; The worker that poured the flans used a bit too much metal causing the ragged but thin edge beyond the 11mm circle intended for the coin.&nbsp; </p><p>Emmett 707</p><p>[ATTACH=full]358188[/ATTACH] </p><p>The obverse Trajan portrait (a weak point on this specimen) never had a legend.&nbsp; The reverse is dated to year 17 (LIZ) and shows the Hem-hem crown of Harpocrates.</p><p><a href="http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/176959" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/176959" rel="nofollow">http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/176959</a></p><p>This is the most common of many Trajan mini-bronzes but most are very raggedy.&nbsp; One of the other types shows the crown of Isis sometimes mistaken for our coin but Isis&#039; crown only has two upright elements.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was my only win from the recent Frank Robinson sale.&nbsp; It arrived today.&nbsp; Who has wins from this sale to show?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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