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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7451238, member: 19463&quot;]The five good guys come up here often enough that I wish I had enough examples to show a different one each time but I am particularly weak in Nerva.&nbsp; I have never owned a sestertius of Nerva but have a dupondius all here have seen. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292066[/ATTACH] The denarius is the more recent of my two and shares the handshake motif with the bronze.[ATTACH=full]1292065[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For Trajan, my favorites have both been shown here but it seems the types are not popular among other CT members. The AE as shows a club&nbsp; standing on the lion skin of Hercules.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292068[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The denarius honors his biological father DIVVS PATER TRAIAN.&nbsp; To the best of my knowledge this coin is alone showing an adoptee honoring his biological family.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292067[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have more Hadrian coins than the other good guys so picking one was more difficult.&nbsp; These may not be my favorites but they are not in danger of being sent off to market anytime soon.&nbsp; The as shows Hadrian raising a personification of Africa and appealed to me for its clear legends and green patina.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius showing Victory spitting into her dress may not have been posted before.&nbsp; The design is better known from its use by Claudius a century earlier.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292069[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The sestertius of Antoninus Pius is not high grade but shows the heads of two of his grandchildren atop crossed cornucopia.&nbsp; Experts do not all agree on which two they were.&nbsp; Again the type was first used during the Julio-Claudian period.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292072[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>While I tend to avoid coins showing someone &#039;just standing there&#039;, this Pius denarius shows the Senate being honored by Pius after they gave in and deified Hadrian as he requested.&nbsp; GENIO SENATVS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292071[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius is known for several things and has many interesting types.&nbsp; This sestertius shows him raising Italy.&nbsp; RESTITVTORI ITALIAE</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292074[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, my Aurelius denarius for this group shows a captive from the Armenian wars.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292073[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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