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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2810408, member: 81887&quot;]Thought I&#039;d share another recent purchase:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]657395[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Empire.&nbsp; AR denarius (19mm, 2.89g).&nbsp; Trajan (98-117 AD).&nbsp; Obverse: Laureate bust right, legend IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP.&nbsp; Reverse: Figure of Dacia weeping, seated on shield, curved Dacian sword below, legend SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI.&nbsp; RIC 218.&nbsp; Purchased from Vcoins dealer Romae Aeternae Numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan was one of the most militarily proficient Roman emperors, and this coin commemorates what is probably his greatest conquest, the kingdom of Dacia.&nbsp; Dacia was a large territory north of the Danube, roughly covering what is now Romania (plus portions of adjacent countries), and its conquest was a major undertaking for Trajan.&nbsp; As a memorial, he ordered the creation of Trajan&#039;s Column in Rome, which still stands today, carved with scenes of major battles in the Dacian war.&nbsp; This reverse type, with a female personification of the vanquished people weeping at her loss, reminds me of the Judaea Capta types of the Flavians.&nbsp; I would think that such portrayals would tend to create sympathy for the defeated peoples, which was clearly not the intent, but I guess I just don&#039;t fully understand ancient Roman psychology.&nbsp; Anyway, still an interesting coin with a historical reverse type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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