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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1256208, member: 5682&quot;]A really nice coin, indeed. I will defer to the numismatists on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, I had heard that there were Trajan coins with the radiate bust. (As you guys know better than me, the radiate head was more common in the third century with a close association with the god Sol.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought, however, that they were all from the East to reflect the influence of the bizarre religious cults (Mithraism, Christianity, etc). :smile</p><p>Then, I saw these two coins from Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]135609.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 385, C 595 Dupondius Obv: <b>IMPCAESNERVATRAIANAVGGERMPM</b> - Radiate head right.</p><p>Rev:<b> TRPOTCOSII</b> Exe: SC - Abundantia seated left on chair made of cornucopia, holding scepter. 98-99 (Rome).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]135610.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 429, BMC 748 Dupondius Obv:<b> IMPCAESNERVATRAIANAVGGERMPM</b> - Radiate head right. </p><p>Rev: <b>TRPOTCOSIIIIPP</b> Exe: SC - Abundantia seated left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding scepter. 101-102 (Rome).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any earlier coins with the Imperial portrait with the radiate bust?</p><p><br /></p><p>All images and attributions from wildwinds.com:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/trajan/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/trajan/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/trajan/t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope to find time to do more research on this subject. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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