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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25331664, member: 134416&quot;]I guess it&#039;s low on the overpaid scale, but I paid $152.19 plus shipping for a Trajan as with a lovely aqua patina.&nbsp; Without the aqua patina, I wouldn&#039;t have cared about the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>A good aqua patina is one of the scarcest patinas, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1619780[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan, 98-117. Dupondius (Bronze, 28 mm 12,58 g), Rome, 101-102. Obv. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M Radiate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder. Rev. TR POT COS IIII P P / S C Abundantia seated left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding scepter in her right hand. RIC 428. BMC 749. Cohen 639</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1799 dollar is pretty handsome. That&#039;s about 2,870 more than I&#039;ve ever spent on a single coin, though.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; My Johannes tremissis was $975, in 1999 dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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