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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5272789, member: 85693&quot;]This was such a great Trajan thread I thought I&#039;d revive it since I finally got a Trajan&#039;s Column denarius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Difficult to see <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />in this photo, but this coin has a very tiny <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> edge flaw.&nbsp; Despite this, I thought it still worth $14.99 given the column and Trajan&#039;s portrait were not affected.&nbsp; The eBay listing title was &quot;Roman 237 249 AD Denarious Silver Philip II Antoninianus,&quot; which helped suppress bidder interest. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220501[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a close-up of the tiny, almost imperceptible <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> edge flaw.&nbsp; It does not appear to be a fourree, but rather, I suspect, the silver has crystalized, but it is peculiar how smooth the edge is.&nbsp; Or did the Cookie Monster get to in during one of his frenzies?&nbsp; Since Cookie Monster doesn&#039;t appear to have any teeth, his bite mark may look like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>Or is the whole thing just a fake?&nbsp; It is a bit light-weight at 2 grams, although the tiny edge flaw may account for this.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220502[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, why is it I can&#039;t find that the SPQR on the back is separated by dots in any of the descriptions?&nbsp; This seems fairly apparent on a lot of the examples of this type I found online (not just RIC 307), but I never see it noted.&nbsp; Dots have been added to my description: </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(114-117 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DA[C PM TRP] laureate and draped bust right. / [COS VI P]P S[•P]•Q•R Trajan&#039;s column with statue of Trajan holding scepter and globe, two eagles at base.</p><p>RIC 307; BMC 523</p><p>(2.00 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2020&nbsp;&nbsp; $14.99 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>Finally, I&#039;d like some opinions, please:&nbsp; is this a die match to a specimen in the British Museum?&nbsp; <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11738" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11738" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-11738</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more photos - the British Museum specimen is the round one on the bottom:&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220500[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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