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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 4947513, member: 86498"]I must admit one of my favorite emperors is Trajan. I am particularly fond of his sestertii. Generally I find that the early and late portraits are relatively common but the middle portraits seen to be a bit more difficult ( At least in my experience) to acquire. So a little while ago I took the time to purchase this guy. I am very pleased with the portrait, It depicts Trajan with a rather large blunt face and a bull neck. This portrait seems to be a development from an earlier style that had his hair in rather thick wooly curls. The curls in his head on this portrait are much more refined. I am pleased to get the reverse as it refers to his great victory over the Dacians. Though many sestertii reverses depict Trajan as well as some of the Roman gods all busily maltreating Dacians This coin has a specific reference to that campaign. Trajan Ae Sestertius 104/5- 107 AD. Obv, Bust right laureate Aegis on far shoulder Rv. Victory standing right inscribing VIC / DAC on shield set on palm trunk. RIC 528 Woytek 204cA  28.90 grms  33 mm [ATTACH=full]1189175[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]