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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7778388, member: 44316"]As [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] noted, Trajan conquered Dacia. He issued numerous types emphasizing that fact. Here is a website on them:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Trajan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Trajan/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Trajan/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a a relevant coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1334440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertius. Large. 33-32 mm. 27.24 grams.</p><p>Bust of Trajan right, with long legend including numerous titles:</p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP</p><p>Struck 112-114.</p><p><br /></p><p>DACIA AVGVST PROVINCIA, SC below</p><p>Dacia seated left on rocks, holding legionary eagle in left, with child holding bunch of grapes at her feet and a child holding two ears of grain behind her right knee.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>RIC</i> 621. Sear II 3183.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type explicitly celebrates the new province of Dacia. The tiny figures show its agricultural wealth in wine and grain. Its accumulated wealth and gold mines were even more important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7778388, member: 44316"]As [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] noted, Trajan conquered Dacia. He issued numerous types emphasizing that fact. Here is a website on them: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Trajan/[/URL] Here is a a relevant coin: [ATTACH=full]1334440[/ATTACH] Sestertius. Large. 33-32 mm. 27.24 grams. Bust of Trajan right, with long legend including numerous titles: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP Struck 112-114. DACIA AVGVST PROVINCIA, SC below Dacia seated left on rocks, holding legionary eagle in left, with child holding bunch of grapes at her feet and a child holding two ears of grain behind her right knee. [I]RIC[/I] 621. Sear II 3183. This type explicitly celebrates the new province of Dacia. The tiny figures show its agricultural wealth in wine and grain. Its accumulated wealth and gold mines were even more important.[/QUOTE]
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