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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1668659, member: 42773&quot;]Mine is a denarius of Trajan, who was the Roman emperor from 98-117, so it&#039;s at least 1896 years old, and at most 1915 years old. The Romans didn&#039;t date their coins, but often they can be narrowed down to within a few years, depending on types and legends.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s24.postimage.org/nqd03ipn9/trajan.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just received this coin yesterday and I haven&#039;t had a chance to study it yet, but I see that the reverse legend says COS IIII, which means it was minted during the time Trajan held his fourth title of Consul. A quick search tells me that would have been between 101 and 102. In 103 he received his fifth title of Consul, after which the coins would have read COS V. So actually this coin can be dated 101/102, 1912 or 1913 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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