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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gao, post: 1065271, member: 19409&quot;]The first is a denarius of Trajan (reigned AD 98-117):</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head r., drapery on l. shoulder</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Roma standing l., holding Victory and spear</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 115</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;m having trouble reading the obverse legend to confirm), and it&#039;s from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_empire" rel="nofollow">Gallic Empire</a> in the mid third century AD.&nbsp; The reverse reads &quot;SALVS AVG,&quot; and depicts the goddess Salus standing right, holding patera, feeding serpent in arms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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