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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4528249, member: 99456"]A sestertius offers abundant space for titles. This a relatively sparse legend compared with the coin of [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]. Yet even this mid-career legend, with many titles still to add, looks a bit crowded and needed to continue on the reverse: <i>Trajan, Emperor (leader of the military), Caesar, Revered, Conqueror of Germania and Dacia, Highest priest of the Roman Religion, Tribune of the Roman people, in his 5th consular year, Father of the Country,</i> (<i>see page 2</i>) the <i>Best of Princes</i>...and Ceres with modius reminding us of his great generosity. The humility does show - especially in his willingness to recognize the authority of the Senate on the reverse of his coin. At 34mm this is slightly smaller than a cart wheel, and 27.85g:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1121575[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan</b>, AD 98-117, Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, struck circa AD 106-107</p><p><b>Obv: </b>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Ceres standing left, holding long, vertical torch in left hand and two grain ears in right over modius at her feet</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC II 479 (draped)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4528249, member: 99456"]A sestertius offers abundant space for titles. This a relatively sparse legend compared with the coin of [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER]. Yet even this mid-career legend, with many titles still to add, looks a bit crowded and needed to continue on the reverse: [I]Trajan, Emperor (leader of the military), Caesar, Revered, Conqueror of Germania and Dacia, Highest priest of the Roman Religion, Tribune of the Roman people, in his 5th consular year, Father of the Country,[/I] ([I]see page 2[/I]) the [I]Best of Princes[/I]...and Ceres with modius reminding us of his great generosity. The humility does show - especially in his willingness to recognize the authority of the Senate on the reverse of his coin. At 34mm this is slightly smaller than a cart wheel, and 27.85g: [ATTACH=full]1121575[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan[/B], AD 98-117, Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, struck circa AD 106-107 [B]Obv: [/B]IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped bust right [B]Rev:[/B] S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C across field, Ceres standing left, holding long, vertical torch in left hand and two grain ears in right over modius at her feet [B]Ref: [/B]RIC II 479 (draped)[/QUOTE]
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