Trajan Sestertius IMPERATOR VIII/platform

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  1. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    Mine collection

    Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-116.

    IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P,
    laureate and draped bust right

    Trajan seated right on platform, accompanied by two officers and guard, addressing six soldiers (one with horse); three standards behind soldiers; IMPERATOR VIII / S C in two lines in exergue

    RIC 656; Woytek 548v.

    Rough
    24.8.g, 34mm. Sestertius


    Trajan's acclamation by his troops as imperator for the eighth time occurred after the fall of the city of Singara in 115 during his campaigns on the eastern frontier. Singara itself was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica. Its position, south-east of Nisibis, has not been clearly defined by ancient writers, Stephanus of Byzantium calling it a city of Arabia, near Edessa, and Ptolemy placing it on the Tigris. There can, however, be no doubt that it and the mountain near it are represented in the present day by the district of Singar (in modern-day Iraq).

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  3. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    oh cool, that's a sweet big coin with a awesome reverse. i dig the color also, nice ro!
     
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  4. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Fabulous coin Ro, it has everything :)
     
  5. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Absolutely fantastic---I LOVE everything about it!!!!

    Without a doubt, that would be one of my ultimate favorites if it were in my collection....
     
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  6. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    thats nice to hear.
    Nice reply's thank you:facepalm:
     
  7. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    A great coin indeed. I would much prefer to own a coin like this, with good detail that's honestly showing its age, rather than all the tooled crap you see coming out of certain major auction houses.
     
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  8. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    Indeed true a lot of tooling crap!i like coins to where you can see his age. i have this coin bough, the euro was more for the dollar price.
     
  9. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    This coin and others like it are of great historical importance. Very nice to have in one's own collection.
     
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  10. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Wow => that's another big, beautiful addition (congrats) ...

    ... you are on a roll!! (great new coins)
     
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  11. Eng

    Eng Senior Eng

    Killer coin Ro, size and details off the chart, awesome..:)
     
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  12. beef1020

    beef1020 Junior Member

    Where did you get this from if you don't mind me asking?
     
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  14. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    _DSC0685.JPG _DSC0686.JPG
    my new pictures
     
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  15. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    I like the original pictures better

    ... oh, but whichever photos show the coin more accurately are the winners
     
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  16. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    this is the most natural picture how the coin looks real/ patina to

    thanks

    ps forget background/ goes about the coin
    litle lazy with the background
     
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