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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 2560429, member: 74968&quot;]I have been looking for an interesting coin of Trajan and this one popped up on FAC. It was interesting so I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the notes on the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC online III 2987 notes, &quot;[Sydenham] 165 describes the obv. as laureate and draped, quoting Ratto, 8 Feb. 1928, lot 2657, but the coin is not illustrated and no specimen has surfaced since. Another ‘ghost’ ?&quot; Our coin is clearly draped on the far shoulder and clearly not a ghost. RPC online lists 15 specimens none with drapery. We are not sure if the Ratto coin is this type or has drapery on both shoulders.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the attribution:</p><p>Silver didrachm, Ratto (1928) 2657; Sydenham 165 (refs. Ratto); Metcalf Conspectus 54b (same); RPC online 2987 (same); BMC Galatia p. 52, 49 var. (no drapery), VF/F, fine style high-relief bust, toned, well centered and struck, slight porosity, some marks, 6.259g, 21.6mm, 180o, Cappadocia, Caesarea mint, 98 - 99 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEBACT GEPM, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse DHM EXUPAT B (tribunus plebis, consul secundum), Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wearing chiton and peplos, pileus liberatis (freedom cap) in right hand, rod in left hand</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]551737[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Trajan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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