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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1711491, member: 5682&quot;]Good pick up. What&#039;s most interesting about this coin is that the obverse inscription has 31 letters. That&#039;s remarkable for ancient technology (without a magnifying glass) on merely a denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coinage of Trajan seemed to push the limits on lettering. This larger sestertius (not mine from wildwinds.com) has 40 letters on the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]263247.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AE Sestertius. <b>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P</b>, laureate bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC, ARAB ADQVIS in ex, Arabia standing facing with branch &amp; bundle of sticks; camel at feet. RIC 466, Cohen 32. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s0997.html#RIC_0466:Sest" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s0997.html#RIC_0466:Sest" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s0997.html#RIC_0466:Sest</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Good stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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