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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4906204, member: 57495&quot;]Love that first one with the heroic bust and aegis!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183782[/ATTACH]<b>TRAJAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.12g, 20.7mm. Rome mint, AD 114-117. RIC II 354 var. (bust type); BMCRE pg. 111 note; RSC 274c. O: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: P M TR P COS VI PP S P Q R, Virtus standing right, holding spear and parazonium, left foot on helmet.</p><p><i>Ex Michael Kelly Collection; ex John A. Seeger Collection (CNG eAuction 172, 9 May 2007, lot 200)</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183783[/ATTACH]<b>TRAJAN</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 25.21g, 34.4mm. Rome mint, circa AD 103-104. RIC II 571; Woytek 175a. O: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped bust right. R: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, view of the Circus Maximus, showing a colonnaded front (the Duodecim Portae), with arched gateway surmounted by facing quadriga; on right, a similar arch with quadriga, and another arch surmounted by quadriga facing right, temple of Sol along back wall; within from left to right, meta, equestrian statue of Trajan, obelisk of Augustus, shrine of Cybele, and a second meta; S C in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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