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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2593072, member: 76194&quot;][ATTACH=full]564828[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan Decius, AD 249-251</p><p>AR Antoninianus, 22mm, 4.2g, 12h; Rome mint.</p><p>Obv.: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev. DACIA Dacia, wearing long robes, standing left, holding vertical staff with ass’s head.</p><p>Reference: RIC IVc 12b, p. 121</p><p><br /></p><p>This has been a very slow month for me, mainly because I&#039;ve been spending on other hobbies such as pipe smoking (buying new pipes and tobacco) and my fish keeping hobby, so coins have sort of taken a back seat. But I didn&#039;t want to end the year with a whimper, so when this one came up at a great price, I had to snap it up, considering I didn&#039;t have any coinage of Decius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked the reverse mostly, and I think it&#039;s cool to have an ass&#039; head on a coin. Not my only Roman coin with an ass head either. See below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564829[/ATTACH]</p><p>M Junius Silanus denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, things may be a little slower from here on out as I focus a little more on the fish keeping hobby (I need me one of them 120 gallon tanks and more fish), and rekindle my passion for pipe smoking (pipes and tobacco are not cheap) but fear not, for I will never leave ancient coin collecting. I will always be around and I will still be adding coins to my collection, even if it is a little slower than before.</p><p><br /></p><p>*PS: One of my mollies gave birth the other day! Yay! I got me some baby fish to care for. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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