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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24738669, member: 26430&quot;]Aha, I&#039;ve got one of those! (Actually a pair, this is the better one, I think.) I love this type but don&#039;t think about it much anymore because it&#039;s outside my more specialized sub-collections. </p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>Equus Traiani</i> -- Trajan&#039;s Equestrian Statue, now lost to history (like most big bronze statues), but the ancient descriptions sound magnificent!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1582578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Trajan AR Denarius</b> (20.1mm, 3.07g, 9h), Rome, c. 112-114 CE.</p><p><b>Obv</b>: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Depiction of the <i>Equus Traiani</i> statue in Trajan&#039;s Forum, Rome, Trajan on horseback left, holding spear in right hand, small Victory in left.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: RIC II 291; BMCRE 445-8; RSC 497a; Sear 3166.</p><p><b>Prov</b>: Ex <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4066936" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4066936" rel="nofollow">Agora 26 (10 Feb 2015), Lot 116</a>; Harlan J Berk w/ ticket, purchased 12 Jan 2008 at NYINC.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><blockquote><p>My other one: [ATTACH]1582579[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><b>NEXT</b>:</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="6">3rd Century Horseback</font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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