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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8238485, member: 26430&quot;]Well ... you&#039;ll need at least ONE MORE... once you&#039;ve got the <i>Columna </i>and<i> Equus </i>you&#039;ll need to look the <i>Forum Traiani </i>to hold them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think there are some depictions not-in-gold (at least of the &quot;triumphal archway entrances&quot; shown below) but this is the grandest of them:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>*** Below: NOT my coins (!) *** </b></i></p><p><i>photo &amp; text from NAC 24, 72:</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH]1449777[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i>...Many Roman emperors were fond of architecture, and consequently for striking coins with architectural types, but in this regard we must acknowledge that Trajan was the most prolific of them all. On this aureus we have a depiction of his marvelous forum, represented by the façade of its entrance...</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>CNG 67, 1409:</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH]1449778[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i>...It is uncertain which arch this coin depicts, but its details are strikingly similar to depictions of the ornate entrance to the Basilica Ulpia in the Forum Traiani found on an aureus (RIC II 246) and Sestertius...</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Next three <b>ARE</b> mine:</i></p><p>As a collector a captives coinage, I&#039;m after as many poses of Dacian captives as possible. I&#039;ve got at least three so far. The first (DACCAP) is the most recognizable, the third (standing w hands bound in front) is an unusual depiction and, unlike the first two, may only appear Trajan&#039;s coinage:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449781[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449783[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449782[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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