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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1958041, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #ff0000"><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan AR Tetradrachm</b></span></p><p>AD 98-117</p><p>Struck AD 110/1</p><p>Diameter: 27 mm</p><p>Weight: 14.44 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right with wings folded</p><p>Reverse: Tyche seated right, foot set on river-god swimming to right below</p><p>Reference: McAlee 470 (Antioch); Prieur 1498</p><p>Other: 7h ... VF, toned, some porosity, light scratches in field on obverse, slight die shift on reverse</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]344817[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Trajan Æ Dupondius </b></span></p><p>98-117 AD</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>Struck circa AD 103-107</p><p>Diameter: 27 mm</p><p>Weight: 13.39 grams</p><p>Obverse: Radiate bust right, wearing aegis</p><p>Reverse: Trophy with two shields at base</p><p>Reference: RIC II 586; Woytek 196cA</p><p>Other: 6h ... VF, green patina, numerous cleaning scratches on reverse</p><p>Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]344818[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, yah I admit that this baby &quot;may&quot; have some smoothing, etc?? (sadly, I bought it before I was astute enough to detect the infamous AE Tomfoolery!!)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Trajan, Bronze dichalkon</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Roman Provincial Egypt, unpublished variety </b></span></p><p>98 - 117 A.D.</p><p>Struck: Alexandria mint (29 Aug 113 - 28 Aug 114 A.D.)</p><p>Diameter: 13.7mm</p><p>Weight: 1.23 grams</p><p>Obverse: no legend, laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: rhinoceros walking left, L I-Z (= year 17) above</p><p>Reference: Emmett 719 var (rhino right) , BMC -, Dattari -, Milne</p><p>Other: gVF, apparently unpublished variety of a rare type</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]344819[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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