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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8238020, member: 26430"]It's a great topic, well worth writing too much about (not that you have)! Congrats on the Dupondius. Trajan's Architectural and Monumental coinage is some of the most interesting RIC of the period, in my view. [ATTACH=full]1449620[/ATTACH]<blockquote>RIC. Trajan AR Denarius (19mm, 3.4g, 8h). Rome, c. 114 AD.Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P. Laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on shoulder.Rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Depiction of the Columna Traiani, "Trajan's Column": tall column with spiral bands (bas relief friezes), statue of Trajan atop holding patera and long scepter. Base with two eagles.Ref: RIC II 292, RSC 558. Prov: Ex-Savoca 28 Blue 954</blockquote> I also have a couple of the Equus Traiani, which also once stood in the Forum but unlike the column is now lost to history, this being the slightly nicer one:[ATTACH=full]1449617[/ATTACH]<blockquote>RIC. Trajan AR Denarius (20.1mm, 3.07g, 9h). Rome, c. 111 - 114 AD.Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder.Rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Depiction of the Equus Traiani statue in Trajan's Forum, Rome, Trajan on horseback left, holding spear in right hand, small Victory in left.Ref: RIC II 291; BMCRE 445-8; RSC 497a; Sear 3166.Prov: Ex - Agora 26-516; previously Harlan J Berk with tag, indicating purchase at 2008 NYINC Coin show ("1-12-08")</blockquote> My "backup" Equus:[ATTACH]1449623[/ATTACH] And a "Bridge over the River Danube" AE As that I'd like to improve upon some day: [ATTACH]1449621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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