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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3534373, member: 85693"]Nice examples. Trajan AE's are well-made - artistically fine, nice preparation of dies and planchets, and perhaps the best lettering in all of the Imperial Roman series. </p><p><br /></p><p>My problem with Trajan is that the cheap ones are pretty awful looking, so the ones I have are pretty poor condition. This is my favorite - one of my "beauties despite the ravages of time" specimens (or something like that): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939314[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 114-117 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IMP CA]ES NER TRAI[ANO OPTIMO] AVG GER DAC PAR[THICO PM TRP COS VI P P], laureate draped bust right / [PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI SPQRSC] Providentia stdg. left.</p><p>RIC 663; Cohen 320.</p><p>(22.37 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just got a new Trajan denarius in a batch yesterday, so I am tossing it in here - you could describe it as an AE because it is a fourrée - I haven't attributed this doggy yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]939315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3534373, member: 85693"]Nice examples. Trajan AE's are well-made - artistically fine, nice preparation of dies and planchets, and perhaps the best lettering in all of the Imperial Roman series. My problem with Trajan is that the cheap ones are pretty awful looking, so the ones I have are pretty poor condition. This is my favorite - one of my "beauties despite the ravages of time" specimens (or something like that): [ATTACH=full]939314[/ATTACH] [B] Trajan Æ Sestertius (c. 114-117 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IMP CA]ES NER TRAI[ANO OPTIMO] AVG GER DAC PAR[THICO PM TRP COS VI P P], laureate draped bust right / [PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI SPQRSC] Providentia stdg. left. RIC 663; Cohen 320. (22.37 grams / 31 mm) I just got a new Trajan denarius in a batch yesterday, so I am tossing it in here - you could describe it as an AE because it is a fourrée - I haven't attributed this doggy yet: [ATTACH=full]939315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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