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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4527863, member: 85693"]Interesting post. I just got a crusty lot of four middle AEs that included two Trajan dupondii, from early and late in the reign. The other two provide different emperors taking different approaches to titles. So here they are. </p><p><br /></p><p>Early Trajan - fairly modest legends, modest for Trajan anyway:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121480[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(98-99 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head right / T[R P]OT COS II SC, Abundantia holding scepter seated left on chair formed by two crossed cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 385</p><p>(13.63 grams / 26 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Late Trajan - The later one has a fairly modest reverse legend, because SPQR is spelt out in full. But the boastful obverse legend is minuscule and runs practically all the way around the flan:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121485[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(114-117 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM [TRP COS] VI PP, radiate draped bust right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS SC Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 674; Cohen 353.</p><p>(13.57 grams / 26 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am reading Marguerite Yourcenar's <i>Memoirs of Hadrian</i> and she has Hadrian mention in passing how much Trajan loved accumulating titles. Andres2's coins above illustrates Hadrian's approach to titles. </p><p><br /></p><p>Early Hadrian. The two Trajan dupondii above came with an early Hadrian as, with longer titles - not that they are readable on this particular scruffy example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121483[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian Æ As</b></p><p><b>(118 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI] NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate,</p><p>draped, cuirassed bust right /PONT M[AX TR P]OT COS II SC aquila between two standards</p><p>RIC 546A; C1182. </p><p>(12.04 grams / 27 x 25 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Mid-Vespasian. Finally, the earliest coin in the lot was this as of Vespasian, with modest titles befitting a modest guy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121486[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian Æ As</b></p><p><b>(76 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII, laureate head right / VICTORIA - AVGVST S-C,</p><p>Victory standing right on prow holding wreath and palm.</p><p>RIC II 897 (ex-RIC I 584). </p><p>(11.44 grams / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4527863, member: 85693"]Interesting post. I just got a crusty lot of four middle AEs that included two Trajan dupondii, from early and late in the reign. The other two provide different emperors taking different approaches to titles. So here they are. Early Trajan - fairly modest legends, modest for Trajan anyway: [ATTACH=full]1121480[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Dupondius (98-99 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head right / T[R P]OT COS II SC, Abundantia holding scepter seated left on chair formed by two crossed cornucopiae. RIC 385 (13.63 grams / 26 mm) Late Trajan - The later one has a fairly modest reverse legend, because SPQR is spelt out in full. But the boastful obverse legend is minuscule and runs practically all the way around the flan: [ATTACH=full]1121485[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Dupondius (114-117 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM [TRP COS] VI PP, radiate draped bust right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS SC Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC 674; Cohen 353. (13.57 grams / 26 mm) I am reading Marguerite Yourcenar's [I]Memoirs of Hadrian[/I] and she has Hadrian mention in passing how much Trajan loved accumulating titles. Andres2's coins above illustrates Hadrian's approach to titles. Early Hadrian. The two Trajan dupondii above came with an early Hadrian as, with longer titles - not that they are readable on this particular scruffy example: [ATTACH=full]1121483[/ATTACH] [B]Hadrian Æ As (118 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IMP CAES DIVI TRA PARTH F DIVI] NER NEP TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right /PONT M[AX TR P]OT COS II SC aquila between two standards RIC 546A; C1182. (12.04 grams / 27 x 25 mm) Mid-Vespasian. Finally, the earliest coin in the lot was this as of Vespasian, with modest titles befitting a modest guy: [ATTACH=full]1121486[/ATTACH] [B]Vespasian Æ As (76 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII, laureate head right / VICTORIA - AVGVST S-C, Victory standing right on prow holding wreath and palm. RIC II 897 (ex-RIC I 584). (11.44 grams / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]
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