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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8224677, member: 110350"]How about this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Denarius, 106 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P / Rev. Captive Dacian in peaked cap with wide brim, seated right on shield in mournful attitude with left elbow on raised left knee, and face resting in left hand; below, curved Dacian sword (falx) right; SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. RIC II 219 (<a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219</a>); RSC II 529; Sear RCV II 3168 (obv. var.); BMCRE 175 (<a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584</a>). 17 mm., 3.02 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1445104[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>30 letters on the obverse, diameter 17 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>17 x 3.1416 = 53.4072 circumference.</p><p><br /></p><p>divided by 30 letters = one letter every 1.78024 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not quite as impressive as [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]'s reverse, but the most crowded obverse so far, I think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8224677, member: 110350"]How about this one: Trajan AR Denarius, 106 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TRP COS V P P / Rev. Captive Dacian in peaked cap with wide brim, seated right on shield in mournful attitude with left elbow on raised left knee, and face resting in left hand; below, curved Dacian sword (falx) right; SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. RIC II 219 ([URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=RIC+II+Trajan+219[/URL]); RSC II 529; Sear RCV II 3168 (obv. var.); BMCRE 175 ([URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11584[/URL]). 17 mm., 3.02 g., 6 h. [ATTACH=full]1445104[/ATTACH] 30 letters on the obverse, diameter 17 mm. 17 x 3.1416 = 53.4072 circumference. divided by 30 letters = one letter every 1.78024 mm. Not quite as impressive as [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER]'s reverse, but the most crowded obverse so far, I think.[/QUOTE]
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