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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8325092, member: 110350&quot;]I finally bought a Trajan&#039;s column denarius of my own last week at a cgb.fr auction. It&#039;s certainly not in great condition, but I&#039;d call it above average for the type. I particularly like how clearly one can see the spiral bands running up the column, with dots representing the friezes on the actual column. Also, I was able to buy it for about 1/5 of the price that a nicer example sold for in another auction the same day. If I could have bought that one for what I paid for this one, I would have, but I simply couldn&#039;t justify paying that much more for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Denarius, AD 114, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate &amp; draped bust right, seen from three-quarters behind; IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI PP / Rev. Trajan’s column, with spiral bands on face enclosing large dots, placed on decorated base with door in center, flanked by two eagles with beaks facing inwards, and surmounted by statue of Trajan standing facing, holding long scepter in left hand [right arm not visible]; SPQR OPTI-MO PRINCIPI. 17.5 mm., 3.06 g., 6 h. RIC II Trajan 293, RSC II Trajan 558 (laureate bust draped but <i>rev. var</i>.: OPTIMO rather than OPTI-MO), BMCRE III Trajan 455 &amp; Pl. 17 No. 2 (laureate bust draped, OPTI-MO); Sear RCV 891 (3rd ed. 1981) [not in Millennium Edition]. <i>Purchased from cgb.fr Internet Auction, 26 April 2022, Lot 95.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475168[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All the descriptions of this type say that the statue of Trajan atop the column is standing left, but he sure looks to me like he&#039;s facing the viewer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any idea what the decorations on the base are supposed to represent?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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