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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6374485, member: 75937&quot;]The Roman empire was particularly prosperous during the period of the adoptive emperors. Coins were generally minted with care but they wore down in the course of thousands and thousands of commercial transactions. These coins are typically nice-looking but well worn. Here are some coins of this period that have been spent a few times:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerva-libertas-pvblica-denarius-trpii-cos-iii-jpg.957639/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Nerva, AD 96-98.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.65 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, 18 Sept - Dec AD 97.</p><p>Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, radiate head, right.</p><p>Rev: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Liberty standing left, holding pileus and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 31; BMCRE 61; Cohen 117; RCV --; ERIC II 83.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-pont-max-tr-pot-cos-ii-pax-standing-denarius-jpg.1044092/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.21 g, 17.8 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 98-99.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 17; BMCRE 14-17; Cohen/RSC 292; Strack 13; Hill UCR 29; RCV 3152.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-pietas-avgvsti-dupondius-jpg.1092205/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Hadrian, AD 117-138.</p><p>Roman Æ dupondius, 13.78 g, , 26.1 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 119-124.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing facing right before a lighted altar, raising her right hand and holding a box of incense in her left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 601c; BMCRE 1233-34; Cohen 1044; Strack 542; RCV 3665; Hill 257.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sabina-ivnoni-reginae-left-facing-denarius-jpg.1076176/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sabina, AD 117-137.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.28 g, 19.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 128-134.</p><p>Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust, left.</p><p>Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 401b; BMCRE 909 note; RSC 37a; RCV --; Strack 370; CRE 56.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-pietati-avg-cos-iiii-fecunditas-sestertius-jpg.1203028/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.46 g, 32.3 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, December 159 - December 160.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas, standing facing, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and child on left arm; on either side of her, small girl standing, raising one hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1031; BMCRE 2088-90; Cohen 621; Strack 1192; RCV 4205.</p><p>Notes:RIC 1002 and BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-653" rel="nofollow">2062</a> are misdescribed by Mattingly in both RIC3 and BMCRE4. It is extremely doubtful that any specimens read TR P XXII on obv., but actually read TR P XXIII with the final &quot;I&quot; being merged with the neck truncation.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aeternitas-fortuna-sestertius-veiled-jpg.1078735/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.12 g, 32.6 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped and veiled, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and long rudder, vertical in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1107b; BMCRE 1499-1500; Cohen 8; Strack 1267; RCV 4608 v.; Dinsdale 021000.</p><p>Notes: Obverse die-match to <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3178600&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Faustina+1107&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3178600&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Faustina+1107&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 1499</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-restitvtor-italiae-sestertius-jpg.1056053/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 173.</p><p>Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.</p><p>Rev: RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand; SC in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1077; BMCRE 1449-1450; Cohen 538; RCV 4997; MIR 259.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-fecvnd-avgvstae-s-c-sestertius-2-jpg.1189955/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman oricalchum sestertius, 22.36 gm, 33.7 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, December AD 160.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: FECVND AVGVSTAE S C, (Faustina as) Fecunditas standing left, between two children (thought to represent Faustina III and Lucilla), holding two infants in her arms (thought to represent Fadilla and Cornificia).</p><p>Refs: RIC 1635; BMCRE 902-904; Cohen 96; Strack 1336; RCV 5273; MIR 10.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucius-verus-denarius-jpg.847024/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Lucius Verus, AD 161-169.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 17 mm, 3.36g, 6h.</p><p>Rome, AD 168.</p><p>Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: FORT RED TR P VIII IMP V COS III, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 586; BMC 477; Cohen 111; RCV 5350; MIR 170.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252308[/ATTACH] </p><p>Lucilla, AD 164-169.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.14 g, 31.6 mm, 4 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 164-166.</p><p>Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS S C, Pietas standing left beside altar.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1756; BMCRE 1161-65; Cohen 72; RCV 5505; MIR 16.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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