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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2663295, member: 74968"]Here is my only Trajan. It also happens to be my only provincial coin. I bought it for the unusual portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Silver didrachm, Ratto (1928) 2657; Sydenham 165 (refs. Ratto); Metcalf Conspectus 54b (same); RPC online 2987 (same); BMC Galatia p. 52, 49 var. (no drapery), VF/F, fine style high-relief bust, toned, well centered and struck, slight porosity, some marks, 6.259g, 21.6mm, 180o, Cappadocia, Caesarea mint, 98 - 99 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEBACT “GEPM”, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse “DHM EX” “UPAT” B (tribunus plebis, consul secundum), Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wearing chiton and peplos, pileus liberatis (freedom cap) in right hand, rod in left hand; extremely rare;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex: Forum Ancient Coins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591395[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2663295, member: 74968"]Here is my only Trajan. It also happens to be my only provincial coin. I bought it for the unusual portrait. Trajan Silver didrachm, Ratto (1928) 2657; Sydenham 165 (refs. Ratto); Metcalf Conspectus 54b (same); RPC online 2987 (same); BMC Galatia p. 52, 49 var. (no drapery), VF/F, fine style high-relief bust, toned, well centered and struck, slight porosity, some marks, 6.259g, 21.6mm, 180o, Cappadocia, Caesarea mint, 98 - 99 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEBACT “GEPM”, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; reverse “DHM EX” “UPAT” B (tribunus plebis, consul secundum), Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wearing chiton and peplos, pileus liberatis (freedom cap) in right hand, rod in left hand; extremely rare; Ex: Forum Ancient Coins [ATTACH=full]591395[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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