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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3516205, member: 85693&quot;]I&#039;m really enjoying the coins posted on this thread - there is some really amazing things here for really bargain prices. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple I got recently that I was really pleased with (perhaps inordinately pleased). </p><p><br /></p><p>The Trajan, worn almost to a slick, still has a great portrait, and something about the way it has survived the centuries with that wonderful Trajan profile really appeals to me.&nbsp; A very common issue, it was apparently struck for Trajan as he embarked on his last campaign, in Parthia, soon after which he died, Fortuna Redux or not.&nbsp; It was $5.50 - and I have a much nicer one I got in &#039;13, but I think I prefer this one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]933607[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(114-117 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES] NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM [DAC], laureate draped bust right / PM TRP COS VI P[P SPQR], Fortuna seated l., holding rudder &amp; cornucopiae, FORT [RED].</p><p>RIC 318; RSC 154; Sear 984</p><p>(3.20 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Constantine Chlorus has some unfortunate scratches obverse, but again, I really like the massive, bulky cartoonish portrait, as well as the mottled toning/patina and the big flan.&nbsp; It was a little over $3.00 from a lot of even junkier stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]933606[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Constantius I Chlorus as Caes.</b></p><p><b>(struck by Maximian)&nbsp; Follis</b></p><p><b>(301 A.D.) Aquileia</b></p><p>CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, V in right field, mintmark AQΓ.</p><p>RIC VI Aquileia 32a.</p><p>(8.70 grams / 26 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep &#039;em coming.&nbsp; I like looking at this stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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