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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3657087, member: 87404&quot;]This webpage from [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] might help you with the reading of the legend.</p><p><a href="http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The parts of the legend that [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] doesn&#039;t mention that appear on your particular coin (and called out as &quot;billion titles&quot;) include:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>GER = Recognizes Trajan&#039;s victory over the Germanic peoples</p><p>DAC = Recognizes Trajan&#039;s victory over the Dacians</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Roman language didn&#039;t have U&#039;s or J&#039;s and they used V and I to represent those letters, respectively.&nbsp; You&#039;ll notice this in Trajan&#039;s name on the coin, TRAIANO = TRAJANO, and in AVG = AUG (short for Augustus)</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>SPQR = Senatus Populusque Romanus - The Senate and the Roman People. (<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=s%20p%20q%20r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=s%20p%20q%20r" rel="nofollow">NumisWiki</a>)</p><p>OPTIMO PRINCIPI = [dedicated to whatever is prior] To the Best Prince (<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=SPQR%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=SPQR%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI" rel="nofollow">NumisWiki</a>)</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>And the book mentioned in the webpage I shared above, the book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reading-dating-Roman-imperial-coins/dp/0307090574/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Reading-dating-Roman-imperial-coins/dp/0307090574/" rel="nofollow">Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins</a></i> by Zander Klawans might be a good one to start with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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