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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Restitutor, post: 4542691, member: 112621&quot;]Hi Everyone! After finally learning how to add images on here I wanted to share my two recent acquisitions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first is an Augustus Tetradrachm. I was immediately drawn to this coin given the strong portrait of Augustus. I have not yet come across another Augustus portrait I like so much! Additionally the reverse made me laugh due to how casually it appears Tyche is drowning Orontes, so I knew I had to have this one!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. <i>Augustus. </i></b>27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.90 g, 12h). Dated year 30 of the Actian Era and Cos. XIII (2/1 BC). Laureate head right / ETOVΣ Λ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IΓ (consular iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 185; Prieur 55; RPC I 4156. Lightly toned, some light roughness. EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Benito Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1124538[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a Trajan Denarius, celebrating the construction of the Via Traiana. I originally had no intention of buying this one but after seeing a different Trajan I like far exceed my price range I snagged this one in the last few minutes, officially becoming my first Trajan. Outside of the connection with the road I like that you can clearly read &#039;Optimo Prinicipi&#039; on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan. </b>AD 98-117. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 112-113. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / VIA TRAIANA in exergue, the Via Traiana reclining left on rock outcropping, head right, supporting wheel set on knee and holding branch. RIC II 266; Woytek 398b; RSC 648. Lightly toned, some faint hairlines. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Benito Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1124536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What are your favorite coin portraits or your first coins of a certain emperor/empress?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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