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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7800005, member: 85693"]I'm no good at spotting smoothed/tooled coins, unless it is a really bad job. The OP looks good to me and I'd be happy to have it, smoothed or not (depending on the price, of course). </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my examples of "smoothed" come from tremendous amounts of wear - this one was almost too bad even for me, but I really like that reverse type. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339361[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(103-111 / 112-117 A.D.) Rome</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE] TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P[M TRP COS (V or VI) P P], laureate bust r. / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI] S-C, Abundantia standing l., with corn-ears & cornucopiae, child left, ALIM ITA[L] in exergue.</p><p>RIC 459 (V) or RIC 604 (VI).</p><p>(26.00 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021 </p><p><b>Notes:</b> "This coin celebrates the Alimentia, a public loan program intended to aid orphans and other needy children. The state loaned money to farmers to purchase land, the interest being used to feed the children. The program was initiated by Nerva and greatly expanded by Trajan."</p><p>(Wildwinds)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7800005, member: 85693"]I'm no good at spotting smoothed/tooled coins, unless it is a really bad job. The OP looks good to me and I'd be happy to have it, smoothed or not (depending on the price, of course). Most of my examples of "smoothed" come from tremendous amounts of wear - this one was almost too bad even for me, but I really like that reverse type. [ATTACH=full]1339361[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Sestertius (103-111 / 112-117 A.D.) Rome[/B] [IMP CAES NERVAE] TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P[M TRP COS (V or VI) P P], laureate bust r. / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI] S-C, Abundantia standing l., with corn-ears & cornucopiae, child left, ALIM ITA[L] in exergue. RIC 459 (V) or RIC 604 (VI). (26.00 grams / 32 mm) eBay May 2021 [B]Notes:[/B] "This coin celebrates the Alimentia, a public loan program intended to aid orphans and other needy children. The state loaned money to farmers to purchase land, the interest being used to feed the children. The program was initiated by Nerva and greatly expanded by Trajan." (Wildwinds)[/QUOTE]
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