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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 5910040, member: 89211&quot;]I have posted Trajan sestertii quite recently, so here are some of my favorite denarii :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243601[/ATTACH]</p><p>IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head right / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Concordia seated left, holding patera over altar and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 12; BMCRE 4; RSC 302</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243602[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, circa AD 104-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Annona standing left, cradling cornucopiae in left arm, and with right hand holding grain ears over modius containing poppy and grain ears; stern of grain ship behind. RIC 166; BMCRE 169; RSC 467b. 3.50g, 19mm, 6h.</p><p>Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Annona was the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome, a creation of Imperial pseudo-religious propaganda, manifested in iconography and cult practice, but lacking in narrative mythology or a historical tradition of devotion.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243603[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan</b> (98-117), AR Denarius, 3.37g, Rome, c. AD 110, 3.37g,</p><p>laureate &#039;heroic&#039; bust left, with slight drapery, </p><p><i>rev.</i> Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at feet</p><p>(RSC 89c; RIC 142 var.),</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<i> very rare bust type</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1243604[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><b>Trajan</b> (98-117), AR Denarius, 2.99g, Rome, AD 114-117,</i></p><p><i>laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, baldric over chest </i></p><p><i><i>rev.</i> Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia, fort red in exergue</i></p><p><i>(RSC 154C var (bust); RIC-; MIR 526y+ (1 Example),</i></p><p><i><i> <i> extremely rare variety, only second example known</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>[ATTACH=full]1243605[/ATTACH]</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, autumn AD 116 - August AD 117.</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>&nbsp;IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate &#039;heroic&#039; bust right, wearing aegis, with bare chest showing / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>&nbsp;RIC 333; BMCRE 629; RSC 192.</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i></i></i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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