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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 2896768, member: 90248&quot;]Great coins! Lots of sentiment...Heres my first from 2015..I learnt a lot from this coin!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]696945[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan 98 – 117 AD.</b></p><p>AR Denarius <b>RIC II #118</b> (Minted in Rome between 103 – 111 AD)</p><p>Dia 20mm&nbsp; Weight 2.66 gr</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse</b>-IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP Laureate bust right,draped far shoulder.</p><p>IMP =Imperator (emperor)</p><p>TRAIANO =Trajan</p><p>AVG =Augustus,The name of the first emperor bestowed upon him by the senate in 27BC.It became a title for all successive emperors</p><p>GER =Germanicus</p><p>DAC =Dacicus.....Defeater of the Germans and the Dacians</p><p>PM =PONTIFEX MAXIMUS..Highest priest, once conferred was held for life</p><p>TRP =TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE..Tribune of the Roman people, literally the representative of the people in government</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse</b>-COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC Aequitas left holding scales and cornucopiae.</p><p>COS =CONSUL,chief magistrate of the Roman government,2 were appointed each year</p><p>V =5 TIMES, number of times appointed as Consul</p><p>PP =PATER PATRIAE,father of his country</p><p>SPQR =SENATUS POPULUS QUE ROMANUS,The senate and the Roman people</p><p>OPTIMO PRINC =To the highest prince</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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