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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7777808, member: 86498&quot;]Trajan Ar Denarius 108-109 AD, Obv Bust right laureate aegis on far shoulder. Rv Dacian in attitude of mourning seated left upon pile of arms. RIC 98&nbsp; var Woytek 283e 3.62 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1334239[/ATTACH]</p><p>This coin celebrates the successful conclusion of the two Dacian Wars fought by Trajan and the incorporation of Dacia as a province in the Empire. It </p><p>might be advertising the vast amount of gold and silver taken by the Romans during this campaign (165,500 kg of gold and 331,000Kg of silver if Wikipedia can be believed) Thus this coin could be a Roman version of the &quot;Lima&quot; or &quot;Vigo&quot; coins minted by the British. <span style="color: #ff0000">PLEASE Note: This idea is completely speculative on my part. This has not been proven nor do I think it can be. </span> When I purchased this coin in 2012 the obverse variety with the aegis was unpublished. Woytek corrected this oversight though looking at the numbers of coins he noted having this obverse, this coin is still very scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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