My first roman silver coin

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Nice denarius with a good portrait and interesting reverse type.

Is that a swan or goose to the left of the emperor?

John

 

Thanks John!
I loved the bird as well

 

Nice coin!

 

I am not sure.
I was told it was a peackok

 

A peacock is a common enough device, so that makes sense.

 

I appologise for misspeling

 

Cool capture! I think it's a peacock too.

My first silver was actually two at the same time:




These two coins really lit a fire and passion for ancients.

 

Looks beautiful! I love the camel

 

The rear end of the camel is obscured by the standing figure.

 

i think its a camel....

 

Trajan! A great start to a collection of denarii! Important historical figure, too, of course.

My favorite Trajan:


Trajan, AD 98-117
Roman AR denarius; 2.95 gm, 20 mm
Rome, AD 114-117
Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right
Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy
Refs: RIC 337; BMCRE 536; Cohen 270; RCV --; Woytek 520v; Strack 230; BN 819.

 

I was about to say, wheres the bird?
My Trajan

 

Cool OP coin @Makanudo. As others have already pointed out, the reverse actually shows a tiny camel next to Arabia, who is holding a giant cinnamon stick in her hands. The type commemorates the annexation of Nabataea. I posted a short article about my piece a few months ago:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trajan-brings-us-cinnamon.300185/

 

Nice!

 

..Welp, there goes my secret identity..eh JA?!? ^^

 

Age is catching up or just plain tired.
I've seen this coin before, I just can't put my finger to where?

 

Indeed you have, old friend.. it's the only one like it!

 

Yeah I did a search. I was thinking about you not long ago

 

..and here i was all the time