My first coin of Trajan

This coin was a very generous gift from a member on Forvm. I have been told that this coin has the longest obverse legend of any roman imperial coin.

Please feel free to post your coins of Trajan.


Trajan Orichalcum sestertius, Woytek 591v, RIC II 663, BMCRE III 1041, Hunter II 383, Cohen II 320, Strack I 471, SRCV II 3189, F, over-cleaned, porous, Rome mint, weight 24.439g, maximum diameter 338mm, die axis 180o, 116 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right, from behind; reverse PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI •S•P•Q•R•, Providentia standing left, pointing with right hand at large globe at feet, scepter in left hand, left elbow resting on column, S - C flanking at sides

 

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A gift you say? Nice gift. I need more friends.

 

Awesome gift! You've got a good buddy there! So the image makes the legend hard to read...or maybe harder? I was going to ask how clear it was in hand. I have a small collection - and nothing I own comes close to that mouthful!

 

You can have more friends Bing. I'll take the OP's friend.

 

We are your friends Bing !!

 

I have a gift coin I need to post...but I forgot to photograph it!

 

Then where are my coins!!!!!!!

 

Sorry, not Trajan, but it's a gift coin:

Constantine I, AD 309 - 337
AE3, 2.5g, 19mm; 1h; Siscia mint, AD 328-329
Obv.: CO[NST]AN-TIN[V]S AVG, diademed head right
Rev.: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with two turretts, star above, 9 brick rows with dots in top row
In Ex.: ΓSTS (crescent)
Ref.: RIC VII 214.G


This was a gift - and I would like to give a big thanks to @Bing and @John Anthony for this cool campgate. This was a very quick photo, it's late here so I don't have much time to get things right, but it's very dark and glossy in hand and worthy of a reshoot. This was my first campgate, a reverse type I like very much.

 

Wow, sorry Orfew ... I got coin-excitement and forget to mention just how fricken cool that was of one of our awesome CT members!! (whoever/whomever that was => you rock, coin-friend!!)

oh yah, where was I? ... Trajan, eh?

Well, okay then ... ummm, but you may have seen them a couple of times before?

 

BTW, in case you didn't know, today is Trajan's birthday, September 18, 53AD. So you honor him with a purchase/showing of one of his coins. Here are a few of mine:

 

Thanks Bing, I did not know that today was his birthday.

 

Not my first but the first Trajan coins have portraits looking quite a bit like Nerva. Remember Trajan was not Italian and his appearance was not well known in Rome.


Later portraits with less nose seem to be divided into two groups which I'd call 'round' and 'rugged'.

 

Yeah, he was born in Italica, Spain. I was there a couple of years ago. Fantastic site preservation.

 

cool gift!

i'm somewhat embarrased to say i only trajan coin, not the best...but nice of an uncleaned lot coin.

 

Trajan's birthday you say? I suppose tonight will be as good as any to finally attribute these. It's going to be a long night.


- Michael

 

Michael: That is a wonderful set of Trajans. I particularly like the standards reverse and one I would like to get one of these days.

 

My favorites are Arabia with the camel, Trajan riding the horse, and 3 standards.

 

@iamtiberius
That is an amazing group of coins. Thanks for posting them here.

 

Wow, iamtiberius => that is a great photo of a sweet bunch of Trajans!!

... very cool

 

25 down, 50 to go. My eyes burn after nights like these.