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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8238005, member: 19463&quot;]I. too, lack a column coin of any sort.&nbsp; Once for a few seconds I thought I might have found one dut a second look showed that what I hoped to be a column was a club and what might have been its base was a crumpled lion skin.&nbsp; Actually this Hercules motif as is harder to find than the column but it was a momentary disappointment nonetheless.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449600[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan must have realized that his place in history would be his Dacian war expanding Rome to its greatest extent before or since.&nbsp; The most common in silver and bronze shows a mourning Dacian with a pile of captured arms.&nbsp; This denarius is &#039;best&#039; for its inclusion of DAC CAP in exergue.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My sestertius includes a trophy in the background that is not on my denarius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are several variations.&nbsp; This denarius shows a trophy with fewer arms. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449598[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of the Trajan war types, my favorite as shows fancy shields in greater detail. [ATTACH=full]1449601[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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