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<p>[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3117352, member: 80147"]WOW <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/curtisimo.83845/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/curtisimo.83845/">Curtisimo</a>, what a comprehensive insight to the emperor I feel I know everything about him now except what his favorite meal was...or was that the bacon you referred to in your poll <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. To be truthful until I read your 15 page essay I thought the Trajan Danuvius coinage was</p><p>just honouring the river god of the Danube, like Tiberis river god of Tiber river and so on, but your theory really stacks up that it has some other meaning my guess the pontoon bridge seems most plausible. Thank you for putting so much effort into your write up it really is very educational. [ATTACH=full]792462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792464[/ATTACH] Three of Trajan's Engineering feats, top The Dupondius Danube bridge, Dupondius of the temple of Honos, and a Sestertius of Trajan's column.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3117352, member: 80147"]WOW [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/curtisimo.83845/']Curtisimo[/URL], what a comprehensive insight to the emperor I feel I know everything about him now except what his favorite meal was...or was that the bacon you referred to in your poll :D. To be truthful until I read your 15 page essay I thought the Trajan Danuvius coinage was just honouring the river god of the Danube, like Tiberis river god of Tiber river and so on, but your theory really stacks up that it has some other meaning my guess the pontoon bridge seems most plausible. Thank you for putting so much effort into your write up it really is very educational. [ATTACH=full]792462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792464[/ATTACH] Three of Trajan's Engineering feats, top The Dupondius Danube bridge, Dupondius of the temple of Honos, and a Sestertius of Trajan's column.[/QUOTE]
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