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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2301726, member: 42773&quot;]I told myself I was on a buying freeze to save money for NYINC, but myself is very ornery and refuses to listen to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a denarius of Trajan with the extra-long inscriptions typical of many of this emperor&#039;s coinage. Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC; Rev.: PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI PP SPQR // FORT RED. That&#039;s ten titles on one coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s hard enough to find coins with these long legends that are centered well enough to read all of the letters. But this denarius is also engraved with refined style by a master hand, and struck so well that even the shallow details of Fortuna&#039;s rudder and the drapery hanging from her left arm are clear. So you can see why I slipped...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]462585[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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