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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7894520, member: 85693"]Nice victories...threads like this provoke me to look through my collection to see what I have - lots of Trajan Victories, but they are all low-grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Two asses, both RIC 521, or thereabouts:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362700[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 103-111 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust</p><p>right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, SC, Victory advancing</p><p>left, holding wreath and palm.</p><p>RIC II 521; Cohen 436</p><p>(11.66 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2018 </p><p><br /></p><p>The second one - Victory is a little clearer, but lots of obverse pitting: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362687[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 103-111 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust r. with aegis / [SPQ]R OPTIMO PR[INCI]PI S C, Victory advancing l. holding wreath & palm.</p><p>RIC II 521; Cohen 436</p><p>(9.78 grams / 24 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>Another as - Victory holding a shield: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362693[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 101-102 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right / TR POT COS IIII PP</p><p>Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR. </p><p>RIC 434; Cohen 640. </p><p>(10.83 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020 </p><p><br /></p><p>Even by my low standards this is pretty bad, but it is kind of an interesting Victory type - here she crowns Trajan, probably after some Dacian fracas or another. See her? See him? Yeah, it's pretty awful: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362692[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 104-107 A.D.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES [NERVAE TRAIANO AVG] GER [DAC PM TR P COS V] P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC] Trajan std., holding thunderbolt and spear, crowned by Victory.</p><p>RIC 549; Cohen 516; BMC 825.</p><p>(17.84 grams / 34 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my favorite from this scruffy lot - a sestertius: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362697[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(105-107 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC.</p><p>RIC 527; Cohen 542cf.</p><p>(25.86 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2019 </p><p><br /></p><p>A matching postage stamp from Romania for the above:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362702[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a Roma seated type, but holding a tiny Victory - a rather dramatic Fourrée denarius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362696[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Denarius</b></p><p><b>Fourrée (core exposed)</b></p><p><b>(103-111 A.D.)</b></p><p>IMP TRAIANO AVG GER [DAC P M] TR P, laureate head right, left shoulder draped</p><p>/ COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Roma seated left holding Victory and spear.</p><p>RIC 116; RSC 69; BMC 276</p><p>(2.21 grams / 19 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2017[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7894520, member: 85693"]Nice victories...threads like this provoke me to look through my collection to see what I have - lots of Trajan Victories, but they are all low-grade. Two asses, both RIC 521, or thereabouts: [ATTACH=full]1362700[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ As (c. 103-111 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, SC, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. RIC II 521; Cohen 436 (11.66 grams / 26 mm) eBay June 2018 The second one - Victory is a little clearer, but lots of obverse pitting: [ATTACH=full]1362687[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ As (c. 103-111 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust r. with aegis / [SPQ]R OPTIMO PR[INCI]PI S C, Victory advancing l. holding wreath & palm. RIC II 521; Cohen 436 (9.78 grams / 24 mm) eBay Feb. 2021 Another as - Victory holding a shield: [ATTACH=full]1362693[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ As (c. 101-102 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right / TR POT COS IIII PP Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR. RIC 434; Cohen 640. (10.83 grams / 26 mm) eBay May 2020 Even by my low standards this is pretty bad, but it is kind of an interesting Victory type - here she crowns Trajan, probably after some Dacian fracas or another. See her? See him? Yeah, it's pretty awful: [ATTACH=full]1362692[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Sestertius (c. 104-107 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES [NERVAE TRAIANO AVG] GER [DAC PM TR P COS V] P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC] Trajan std., holding thunderbolt and spear, crowned by Victory. RIC 549; Cohen 516; BMC 825. (17.84 grams / 34 mm) eBay Sep. 2020 This is my favorite from this scruffy lot - a sestertius: [ATTACH=full]1362697[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Æ Sestertius (105-107 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [IMP CAES NERVAE TRA]IANO AVG GER DAC [PM TRP COS V P P], laureate bust right, draped left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINC]IPI S-C, Victory standing right, shield on palm tree inscribed VIC DAC. RIC 527; Cohen 542cf. (25.86 grams / 32 mm) eBay Sep. 2019 A matching postage stamp from Romania for the above: [ATTACH=full]1362702[/ATTACH] Finally, a Roma seated type, but holding a tiny Victory - a rather dramatic Fourrée denarius: [ATTACH=full]1362696[/ATTACH] [B]Trajan Denarius Fourrée (core exposed) (103-111 A.D.)[/B] IMP TRAIANO AVG GER [DAC P M] TR P, laureate head right, left shoulder draped / COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Roma seated left holding Victory and spear. RIC 116; RSC 69; BMC 276 (2.21 grams / 19 mm) eBay Jan. 2017[/QUOTE]
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