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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4042595, member: 87404&quot;]Very nice sibling to your Titus, David!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what a &quot;real&quot; Eastern-curculated coin &quot;of the orient&quot; looks like... Plus I love it&#039;s dark, dark green and details that show through.</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181118_133210398.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Domitian, 81-96 AD, Antioch, Syria, AE26</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP DOMITIA-NVS CAES AVG, laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Large SC within laurel wreath of eight leaves, fastened with pellet at top . References: RPC 2021</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 26mm, 12.7g</font></p><p><br /></p><p>As patinas go, I love this Trajan...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190103_201100361.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Trajan, Ruled 98-117 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE25, Struck 116/117 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΡΙСΤ ΚΑΙС СΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡ, laureate head of Trajan right with drapery on left shoulder.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ ΓΞΡ, turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, date M/KO (Caesarean year 163) before.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RPC III 3797-8</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 25mm, 9.8g</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And these Trajans (whose tale of being minted in Rome but circulated in the East may actually be legitimate?)...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190123_172309949.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Trajan, Ruled 98-117 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Orichalcum As, Struck 115-116 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Speculated to be struck in Rome for circulation in Syria/Antioch.</i></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate bust of Trajan right, with slight drapery.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C within laurel wreath.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC 647, McAlee 509</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 23mm, 7.05g</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190123_172432099.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Trajan, Ruled 98-117 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Orichalcum As, Struck 115-116 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Speculated to be struck in Rome for circulation in Syria/Antioch.</i></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM, radiate bust of Trajan right, with slight drapery.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: DAC PARTHICO P M TR POT XX COS VI P P, S C within laurel wreath.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC 647, McAlee 509</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 23mm, 7.97g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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