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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4905932, member: 75937&quot;]Fantastic denarii, [USER=93672]@singig[/USER]! Lovely coins! I like the Mars reverse type because of the heroic bust on that one!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have too many Trajans to post, so I&#039;ll just post a few favorites. </p><p><br /></p><p>My Mars type:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-mars-denarius-jpg.732396/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 2.95 gm, 20 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 114-117</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy</p><p>Refs: RIC 337; BMCRE 536-40; Cohen 270; RCV --; Woytek 520v; Strack 230; BN 819.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like these little quadrantes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-quadrans-jpg.891180/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman Æ quadrans, 3.68 g, 16.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 98-117.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: She-wolf walking right; SC in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 692; BMCRE 1060; Cohen 338; RCV --; Woytek 599b1.</p><p><br /></p><p>My most historically-themed Trajan is this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183683[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trajan, AD 98-117.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.39 g, 18.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 112-117 (likely AD 113).</p><p>Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate bust, right, with slight drapery on left shoulder.</p><p>Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, woman (Via Traiana) reclining left on rocks, holding wheel in right hand and branch in left hand; in exergue, VIA TRAIANA.</p><p>Refs: RIC 266; BMCRE 487-91; RSC/Cohen 468; Strack 179a; RCV 3173; UCR 582; Woytek (MIR) 3983b.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a &quot;brass as&quot; struck for use in Syria. The location of mintage isn&#039;t known with certainty. I like the countermark:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-dac-parthico-p-m-tr-pot-xx-cos-vi-p-p-as-jpg.876568/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan. A.D. 98-117.</p><p>Roman orichalcum as, 8.49 g, 23.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Struck in Rome for circulation in Syria (?); Struck in Antioch (?), AD 115/16.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate and draped bust right; c/m: bucranium within incuse punch.</p><p>Rev: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P around laurel wreath enclosing large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC 647; BMCRE 1094; Cohen 123; RCV 3243; Woytek 937v; McAlee 509; Strack 479; BN 953-5. For c/m: <a href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/Countermark-List.html" rel="nofollow">Pangerl 63</a>; Howgego 294.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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