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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8165942, member: 110350&quot;]As much fun as I had, I don&#039;t plan to go back tomorrow or Sunday. What with the Vespasian aureus, and the four coins I won at the most recent Roma Numismatics auction, and the Hadrian Africa travel denarius I bought from [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER], and the Trajan Danvvivs denarius I bought from Silbury Coins in the UK, and the seven additional coins I bought today, that adds up to 14 coins I&#039;ve purchased so far this year, and it happens to be the 14th of January! At that rate, I&#039;ll be bankrupt by March. So I think I need to take a little break. Returning would be way too tempting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m afraid I&#039;m going to have to take my own photos of the coins I bought today. None of them was up on any of the dealers&#039; websites -- I&#039;ve been told that it&#039;s common practice to hold back coins from one&#039;s website to bring to shows -- so I have no dealers&#039; photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the meantime, let&#039;s pretend it&#039;s 1975 again and photos are rare in coin lists. So here are some brief descriptions that I&#039;ve just cobbled together for the seven coins I bought. As you can tell, there&#039;s no particular rhyme or reason to what I bought. My purchases simply represent the one or two coins at each of the four dealers I visited that most appealed to me, within the general field of Roman coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Trajan denarius, Cos V, laureate head right / Dacian seated left on pile of arms in attitude of mourning, DAC CAP in exergue. RIC 98, RSC II Trajan 120(a). Black patina. (I chose this one over another one of the same type the dealer had with a much more silvery patina, because this one actually retains noticeably more detail, despite the price being slightly lower. I may regret my choice when I try to photograph it!)</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Trajan denarius, Cos VI, laureate &amp; draped bust right / Mars, naked but for cloak behind, advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder. RSC II Trajan 103, RIC 299, BMCRE 516.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Geta Caesar denarius, Young Geta&#039;s bare-headed bust draped right / Geta in military dress stdg left holding baton and reversed spear or long sceptre; trophy behind, PRINC IVVENTVTIS. RIC 18, RSC III Geta 157b. Old coin ticket with 1967 date.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Valentinian II, AR Siliqua, Siscia Mint, AD 375-378. DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / VOT-XV-MVLT-XX within wreath with star in the badge at the top. Mintmark SISCPS. RIC IX Siscia 19c; RSC 74Ab; Sear RCV 20252.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Sabina, Roman Alexandria, billon tetradrachm, L IE = year 15 (129/30), Bust of Sabina right (hair on top of head), ϹΑΒΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ / Sabina seated, left, holding ears of corn and sceptre, ϹΑΒƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ around; L ΙΕ at top to left of Sabina&#039;s head on reverse. RPC III 5773, Emmett 1334.15, Dattari 2061. [I bought this specifically because Sabina&#039;s hair is swept up on top of her head, and I far prefer that to her usual drab pigtail or ponytail. So I had been looking for a nice example with her hair this way for a while. Also, I believe that this is one of the only two types issued for Sabina in Alexandria as tetradrachms [edited to clarify: one of only two with Sabina on the obverse]; the other is Emmett 1335.)</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Hadrian, Roman Alexandria, billon tetradrachm,&nbsp; L IΔ = year 14 (AD 129/30), Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹƐΒ / Radiate and draped bust of Helios, right, L-IΔ in fields. RPC III 5737, Emmett 852.14, Milne 1280. Ex. Pegasus/Nick Economopoulos.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Antoninus Pius, Roman Alexandria, billon tetradrachm, Year B = Year 2 (AD 138/139). Bare head right, ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ƐVϹƐΒ / Canopus of Osiris, right, ƐΤΟ-VϹ Β. Emmett 1373.2, Milne 1587, RPC IV.4 13408-13409 (temp.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are, of course, photos of the various types easily available online, for example at Wildwinds and, for the Roman Alexandrian tets, at RPC Online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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