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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7627468, member: 85693&quot;]Nice one [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] !&nbsp; I was watching that on eBay and was very, very tempted.&nbsp; From the same seller, I got this one - it is quite worn, but I was very interested in the unusual reverse type (and the price was right!):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1312256[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Trajan&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(103-111 / 112-117 A.D.)&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[IMP CAES NERVAE] TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P[M&nbsp; TRP COS (V or VI) P P], laureate bust r. / [SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI] S-C, Abundantia standing l., with corn-ears &amp; cornucopiae, child left, ALIM ITA[L] in exergue.</p><p>RIC 459 (V) or RIC 604 (VI).</p><p>(26.00 grams / 32 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; &quot;This coin celebrates the Alimentia, a public loan program intended to aid orphans and other needy children. The state loaned money to farmers to purchase land, the interest being used to feed the children. The program was initiated by Nerva and greatly expanded by Trajan.&quot;</p><p>(Wildwinds)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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