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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7279600, member: 110350&quot;]I have only three:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus, 249-251 AD. Obv. Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed, IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG/ Rev. Uberitas stdg. left, holding purse and cornucopiae, VBERITAS AVG. RIC IV-3 28b, RSC IV 105, Sear RCV III 9384. 23 mm., 4.9 g.&nbsp; Purchased 4/17/1986, Sarr Coin Co.*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius, AR Antoninianus, 249-250 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, IMP C MA Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG / Rev. Dacia standing left, wearing cloak over left shoulder and, with right hand, holding Dacian battle-standard surmounted by Draco (wolf’s head), D-A-CIA. RIC IV 12(b), RSC IV 16, Sear RCV III 9368. 22.28 mm., 4.09 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275558[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius, billon Tetradrachm, 249-251 AD, Syria Coele, Antioch Mint. Obv. Radiate bust right, three pellets below (•••), ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ /&nbsp; Rev. Eagle standing left on palm branch, wings spread, wreath in beak, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ [= Tribunicia Potestas], in exergue: S C. [Group II, Officina 3.] RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Online IX 1644 (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1644</a> ); Prieur 540 (11). McAlee 1120c. 24 mm., 12.85 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275559[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>* This was one of the first two ancient coins I ever bought as an adult, 35 years ago at a world &amp; ancient coins show in midtown Manhattan. together with my Roman Republican denarius of Ti Veturius (the one with the kneeling youth holding a pig, with a soldier on either side pointing a sword at it). At the time, I was primarily a collector of British coins, and knew nothing about ancient coins. Something about the two Roman coins appealed to me, so I bought them, together with a Regensburg city thaler -- as you can see, greatly overpaying for the two Romans, at least for back in 1986! I don&#039;t think the dealer knew much about ancients either, what with calling both of the coins denarii. I bought another 10 or so ancient coins over approximately the next 30 years, and then began collecting them actively in about 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275562[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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