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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Romancollector, post: 8126306, member: 106319&quot;]My resolution for the new year is simple—add pieces that excite me and contribute meaningfully to the story I want my collection to tell. Without being too specific, I would love to add more sestertii, and perhaps another aureus. Also, I wouldn&#039;t mind adding some more Republican denarii as I&#039;ve had little luck this year due to stiff competition for higher-grade/provenanced examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m happy to have ended 2021 on a high note. This coin would have undoubtedly ended up on my top 20 list had I won it a week earlier. I considered delaying my list because I was eyeing this coin, but decided to post it because I didn&#039;t think that I would win this coin. I can only hope that 2022 will bring me more coins of this quality.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan (AD 96-117)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415232[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE Sestertius (35mm, 27.84 g). Rome mint. AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP, laureate and draped bust right / Trajan in military dress, seated on platform, haranguing soldiers; by his side two officers and in front of him on the ground another officer with four soldiers. In the background, three standards. In exergue, IMPERATOR VIII S C. RIC III 658.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Ploil Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Naville Numismatics Live Auction 70 (12 December 2021), lot 435.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (24 June 2021), lot 689.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 101 (24 October 2017), lot 254.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 23 (2002), lot 1544.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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