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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8238225, member: 85693&quot;]More Trajan conquests - I just got this one in...it was affordable and it is green.&nbsp; Other than that, all I can say for it is that it is a type I couldn&#039;t normally afford - Trajan stomping on Armenia while the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers recline, looking on (with approval?).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So much legend on this one I had to split my attribution flip in two - although the photo does not show it, you can see all four reverse figures if you tilt it towards the light and squint really hard:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1449684[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 116-117 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NER TRAIANO] OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P [M TR P COS VI P P], laureate, draped bust right / [ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN...</p><p>(see reverse for full description)</p><p>RIC II 642.</p><p>(23.30 grams / 32 x 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2022 Ck&nbsp;&nbsp; $17.50 BIN</p><p><b>Full Reverse Description:</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NER TRAIANO] OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P [M TR P COS VI P P], laureate, draped bust right / [ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE], S C, Trajan standing front holding spear and parazonium; foot on reclining figure of Armenia, Tigris and Euphrates seated right and left</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what it really looks like - from Wildwinds, and probably costing more than $17.50: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449685[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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