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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4898012, member: 85693"]Some great coins in the thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of the Arabia drachms that aren't too terrible, but this is my newest, so I'll share it - a really horrible Sestertius with Arabia and the camel, barely visible around the pits. A $5 each lot buy from eBay, which may be $4.45 too much, but I am indefensibly fond of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181961[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(103-111/112-114 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V (VI) PP], laureate bust r., slight drapery on left shoulder /SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C, ARAB [ADQ (ADQVIS)] in ex, Arabia standing holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel standing left. </p><p>(21.42 grams / 31 x 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b></p><p>Four possibilities, Arabia type with slightly draped bust:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 465: COS V ARAB ADQ</p><p>RIC 466: COS V ARAB ADQVIS</p><p>RIC 610: COS VI ARAB ADQ</p><p>RIC 614: COS VI ARAB ADQVIS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4898012, member: 85693"]Some great coins in the thread. I have a couple of the Arabia drachms that aren't too terrible, but this is my newest, so I'll share it - a really horrible Sestertius with Arabia and the camel, barely visible around the pits. A $5 each lot buy from eBay, which may be $4.45 too much, but I am indefensibly fond of it. [ATTACH=full]1181961[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Sestertius (103-111/112-114 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V (VI) PP], laureate bust r., slight drapery on left shoulder /SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C, ARAB [ADQ (ADQVIS)] in ex, Arabia standing holding branch and cinnamon sticks, camel standing left. (21.42 grams / 31 x 28 mm) [B]Attribution Notes: [/B] Four possibilities, Arabia type with slightly draped bust: RIC 465: COS V ARAB ADQ RIC 466: COS V ARAB ADQVIS RIC 610: COS VI ARAB ADQ RIC 614: COS VI ARAB ADQVIS[/QUOTE]
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