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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3123350, member: 57495&quot;]This one arrived in the mail a few days ago.&nbsp; I&#039;m always tickled when I see one of these auctioned in a similar grade with the caption &quot;<a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=271002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=271002" rel="nofollow">Affordable Circus Maximus Sestertius</a>&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s safe to say I&#039;m never going to own one of the <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=360751" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=360751" rel="nofollow">unaffordable</a> ones <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I&#039;m really pleased with my budget example.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always wanted one as a memento of my visit to Rome.&nbsp; I have fond memories of taking a break from sightseeing and relaxing at a spot overlooking the open park area where the Circus once stood. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795229[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>TRAJAN</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 25.21g, 34.4mm. Rome mint, circa AD 103-104. RIC II 571; Woytek 175a. O: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate, draped bust right. R: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, view of the Circus Maximus, showing a colonnaded front (the Duodecim Portae), with arched gateway surmounted by facing quadriga; on right, a similar arch with quadriga, and another arch surmounted by quadriga facing right, temple of Sol along back wall; within from left to right, meta, equestrian statue of Trajan, obelisk of Augustus, shrine of Cybele, and a second meta; S C in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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