Here are a silver and copper/bronze coin from a collection of my Grandpa's...I can't really read what was on the flips they were in and I've been meaning to post them for a while. One is silver. I would love for an expert's opinion on what they are etc...!
The first is a denarius of Trajan (reigned AD 98-117): Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head r., drapery on l. shoulder Reverse: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Roma standing l., holding Victory and spear RIC 115 The latter coin is an antoninianus (worth 2 denarii, but by this point, successive debasement had removed almost all of the silver content) of Victorinus or maybe Tetricus I (I'm having trouble reading the obverse legend to confirm), and it's from the Gallic Empire in the mid third century AD. The reverse reads "SALVS AVG," and depicts the goddess Salus standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC It might be this one, RIC 115 http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s3120.html RIC = Roman Imperial Coins, a popular 10-volume catalog The closest I can come up with for the other coin is: Victorinus RIC 67, Victorinus AE Antoninianus, Salus http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/victorinus/t.html
