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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7727197, member: 85693&quot;]Nice sestertius, [USER=117268]@Amit Vyas[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a low-grade version of the OP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324205[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 114-117 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CA]ES NER TRAI[ANO OPTIMO] AVG GER DAC PAR[THICO PM TRP COS VI</p><p>P P], laureate draped bust right / [PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI SPQR SC] Providentia stdg. left.</p><p>RIC 663; Cohen 320.</p><p>(22.37 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Along the same lines, I have an apparently rare dupondius featuring Providentia, with an unusual reverse legend.&nbsp; Here is mine (note the &quot;AE&quot; above the goddess&#039;s head):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324204[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(114-117 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES N[ER TRAIAN]O OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TR[P COS VI P P], radiate draped bust right / PROVIDENTI<b>AE</b> AVGVSTI SPQR SC, Providentia std. left, elbow on column, globe at feet.</p><p>RIC 665 var.; Cohen 322 var.</p><p>(13.13 grams / 27 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b>&quot;Roma Numismatics, May, 2010 Note: This coin is not in RIC and not in any other catalogues. However, there is a mention of one with the same rev. legend PROVIDENTI<b>AE</b>...was donated to Chester Museum (Chester, England) in 1922 as part of a small find of coins. I am currently trying to find out whether the coin is still in Cheshire and whether the reverse legend of that coin was read correctly.&quot; (Wildwinds)</p><p><br /></p><p>Wildwinds example has a clearer reverse legend (and this is the only example with the AE legend variation I could find - I think it might be a die match to mine):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324203[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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