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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 7723627, member: 93702&quot;]Very attractive coin with excellent detail and a lovely patina. Congratulations!</p><p><br /></p><p>My only sestertius of Trajan is very worn and pitted but it is still has some majesty about it (to me anyway).. seems to have been struck about 10 years prior to yours.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323963[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">TRAJAN AE orichalcum sestertius. </font></p><p><font size="3"><b>OBV:</b> IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V P P, Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder. </font></p><p><font size="3"><b>REV:</b> SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, SC in ex, Victory standing left, holding palm branch and erecting trophy; shields at base. 32mm, 23.6g Struck 104-107 CE</font></p><p>-----</p><p>This Trajan denarius was struck later in his reign (like your sestertius) .. however it seems to show the Emperor as a much younger man (to my eye).. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323965[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">AR denarius; 2.92 gm, 20.1 mm, 7 h</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, Struck AD 114-117</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC, laureate and draped bust, right</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Mars walking right with spear and trophy</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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