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Message:: [QUOTE="eparch, post: 7505633, member: 89211"]I have been collecting Trajan denarii for 40 years and now have 51, but some of the most desirable ones still elude me !Here are some of the more unusual or interesting ones, many from Michael Kelly's famous collection : [ATTACH=full]1296868[/ATTACH]Trajan (98-117), AR Denarius, 3.37g, Rome, c. AD 110, 3.37g,laureate 'heroic' bust left, with slight drapery, rev. Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at feet(RSC 89c; RIC 142 var.), a  very rare bust type [ATTACH=full]1296869[/ATTACH]Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, AD 103-111.  IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery over far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Dacian seated right on pile of arms, with hands bound behind his back; DAC CAP in exergue.RIC 96; BMCRE 385; RSC 118. 3.17g, 18mm, 7h.Good Extremely Fine.Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included;Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 249, 7 February 2007, lot 1873. [ATTACH=full]1296871[/ATTACH]Trajan (98-117), AR Denarius, 2.99g, Rome, AD 114-117,laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, baldric over chest rev. Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia, fort red in exergue(RSC 154C var (bust); RIC-; MIR 526y+ (1 Example), good very fine, obverse better, extremely rare variety, only second example known ProvenanceRoman Silver Coins from the Michael Kelly CollectionRauch auction 89, 5 December 2011, lot 1460 [ATTACH=full]1296872[/ATTACH]Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, AD 116-117 . IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate and draped bust right / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, radiate and draped bust of Sol right.RIC 326; BMCRE 624; RSC 189a. 3.54g, 19mm, 6h.Good Extremely Fine; highly lustrous, light iridescent cabinet tone. Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included. [ATTACH=full]1296873[/ATTACH]Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, autumn AD 116 - August AD 117.  IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate 'heroic' bust right, wearing aegis, with bare chest showing / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.RIC 333; BMCRE 629; RSC 192. 3.40g, 20mm, 6h.Near Mint State; beautiful old cabinet tone. A superb 'heroic' type bust. Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Summer Auction 2010, 13 September 2010, lot 615. [ATTACH=full]1296874[/ATTACH]Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, circa AD 104-107. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Annona standing left, cradling cornucopiae in left arm, and with right hand holding grain ears over modius containing poppy and grain ears; stern of grain ship behind. RIC 166; BMCRE 169; RSC 467b. 3.50g, 19mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine; light cabinet tone. Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins. Annona was the divine personification of the grain supply to the city of Rome, a creation of Imperial pseudo-religious propaganda, manifested in iconography and cult practice, but lacking in narrative mythology or a historical tradition of devotion. [ATTACH=full]1296875[/ATTACH]Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, AD 113-114.IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's column surmounted by statue of the emperor; at base, two eagles. RIC 292; BMCRE 452; RSC 558.3.14g, 21mm, 7h.   [/QUOTE]

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