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Message:: [QUOTE="eparch, post: 7820920, member: 89211"]Trajan's father, and a few other favorite denarii [ATTACH=full]1344088[/ATTACH] Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder, rev. DIVVVS PATER TRAIAN, Trajan's father seated left on curule chair, holding patera and sceptre(RSC 140; RIC 252) [ATTACH=full]1344089[/ATTACH]laureate 'heroic' bust left, with slight drapery, Rev. Arabia standing left, holding branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at feet(RSC 89c; RIC 142 var.) [ATTACH=full]1344090[/ATTACH] IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust right, drapery over far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Dacian seated right on pile of arms, with hands bound behind his back; DAC CAP in exergue.RIC 96; BMCRE 385; RSC 118. [ATTACH=full]1344092[/ATTACH] laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, baldric over chest rev. Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia, fort red in exergue(RSC 154C var (bust); RIC-; MIR 526y+ (1 Example),extremely rare variety, only second example known [ATTACH=full]1344096[/ATTACH] IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GERM DAC, laureate 'heroic' bust right, wearing aegis, with bare chest showing / PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P S P Q R, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.  RIC 333; BMCRE 629; RSC 192. [/QUOTE]