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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4605813, member: 85693&quot;]Great site, Valentinian.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have some Trajan &quot;historic&quot; types.&nbsp; Here are two of them:</p><p><br /></p><p>This dupondius is somewhat unusual for a Dacian type as the Dacian is shown just head and shoulders, being stomped on by Pax.&nbsp; Romans had an interesting conception of Pax, didn&#039;t they? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140905[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(103-111 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER [DAC PM TRP COS V PP], radiate bust r., with aegis / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC Pax standing left holding branch &amp; cornucopiae; foot on Dacian&#039;s head and shoulders.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>RIC 505 var. (no aegis).</p><p>(11.15 grams / 27 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a sestertius of the Aqua Traiana aqueduct type.&nbsp; It is so worn I was unsure of its exact attribution:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140906[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(103-111 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rome Mint </b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE T]RAIANO A[VG GER DAC PM TRP COS V P P], laureate head right, slight drapery on left / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C, AQVA [TRAIANA] in ex. Aqua Traiana reclining left. </p><p>RIC 463; BMCRE 873.</p><p>(23.47 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>There are three RIC varieties of this coin.&nbsp; The most common seems to be RIC 463, so I went with that.&nbsp; See:&nbsp; RIC 607 and 608.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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