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<p>[QUOTE="Romancollector, post: 8225956, member: 106319"]I believe that this is my coin with the the longest legend—44 letters on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan (AD 98-117)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1445373[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE Sestertius (33mm, 27.84 g). Rome mint. AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP, laureate and draped bust right / Trajan in military dress, seated on platform, haranguing soldiers; by his side two officers and in front of him on the ground another officer with four soldiers. In the background, three standards. In exergue, IMPERATOR VIII S C. RIC III 658.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Ploil Collection.</i></p><p><i>Ex Naville Numismatics Live Auction 70 (12 December 2021), lot 435.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (24 June 2021), lot 689.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 101 (24 October 2017), lot 254.</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 23 (2002), lot 1544.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Romancollector, post: 8225956, member: 106319"]I believe that this is my coin with the the longest legend—44 letters on the obverse. [B]Trajan (AD 98-117)[/B] [ATTACH=full]1445373[/ATTACH] AE Sestertius (33mm, 27.84 g). Rome mint. AD 114-116. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP, laureate and draped bust right / Trajan in military dress, seated on platform, haranguing soldiers; by his side two officers and in front of him on the ground another officer with four soldiers. In the background, three standards. In exergue, IMPERATOR VIII S C. RIC III 658. [I]Ex Ploil Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics Live Auction 70 (12 December 2021), lot 435. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 125 (24 June 2021), lot 689. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 101 (24 October 2017), lot 254. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 23 (2002), lot 1544.[/I][/QUOTE]
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