MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 Its now my best Coin in my collection. What you guys think? It has a bit of dirt, but it makes It unique in my eyes. And i am feeling a bit patriotic for a state that no longer existe lol It has 3,1 grams and 19 mm in diameter. VID_74810325_025803_929.mp4 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 I don't see anything. Maybe the video is incompatible with my web browser (Chrome). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 23 · Supporter Share Posted March 23 Unfortunately I get a message that says No video with supported format found. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 I can see the video just fine, using Chrome. Great looking coin, congratulations! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor rNumis Posted March 23 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 23 I see it fine in Chrome and Edge browsers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Author Share Posted March 23 🤔 wut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Author Share Posted March 23 Images for those that cant see the video 11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 23 · Supporter Share Posted March 23 (edited) Way to go! Trajan is often referred to as the greatest of all the Augustii, and your new coin shows why. Here are a few of mine: The man He and his wife And his girlfriend😉 Edited March 23 by Ryro 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Author Share Posted March 23 I love that last one of yours, is It a Denarius? 22 minutes ago, Ryro said: Way to go! Trajan is often referred to as the greatest of all the Augustii, and your new coin shows why. Here are a few of mine: The man He and his wife And his girlfriend😉 Love that last one of yours, is It a Denarius? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 23 · Supporter Share Posted March 23 6 minutes ago, MrZun said: I love that last one of yours, is It a Denarius? Love that last one of yours, is It a Denarius? CAPPADOCIA. Caesarea. Trajan (98-117). Drachm. Obv : ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ. Laureate and draped bust right. Rev : ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς. Bust of Artemis left, holding spear and patera. RPC III 3026; Sydenham 198. Condition : Nicely toned.Good very fine. Weight : 3.33 gr Diameter : 18 mm 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted March 23 · Supporter Share Posted March 23 Glad to see it, lovely coin, great acquisition. From a personal point of view, I feel my collection would be severely lacking without a Trajan. Here is my favourite Trajan 109 AD Rome . IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP, laureate bust right, draped left shoulder / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and leaning on column. RIC 120s, RSC 81b. Woytek 286a. AR Denarius, 3.61gr, 19mm. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted March 23 · Supporter Share Posted March 23 I think you did great. That's a beautiful looking portrait of an exceptional emperor! Congrats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 (edited) Your coin is beautiful and I would strongly suggest NOT to clean it (in regards to the "bit of dirt" part) Trajan coinage is excellent for a multitude of reasons - excellent portraits, quality control appears to have been strict - variety of reverses, especially imperial coins but provincial coinage is interesting as well - last but not least, they are affordable. Before I started collecting ancient coins owning a Trajan was just a dream. I was under the impression that his coins are very rare and expensive. Now I own 24 Trajan coins (18 imperial and 6 provincials) from my total of 463 coins. Here are some I find very interesting a quadrans with a she wolf reverse denarius with the Column Dacian captives Caesarea, similar to @Ryro's but the reverse character is less .... ehm ... developed. Also mine is a didrachm (2 drachms) denarius with personified Arabia and camel the river Danube Trajan's father a tridrachm from Antioch a dupondius showing personified Dacia and my latest acquisition, Alexandrian tetradrachm with canopus of Osiris Edited March 23 by ambr0zie 9 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Author Share Posted March 23 33 minutes ago, expat said: Glad to see it, lovely coin, great acquisition. From a personal point of view, I feel my collection would be severely lacking without a Trajan. Here is my favourite Trajan 109 AD Rome . IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP, laureate bust right, draped left shoulder / COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and leaning on column. RIC 120s, RSC 81b. Woytek 286a. AR Denarius, 3.61gr, 19mm. impressive! And Also a bit heavier for a Denarius of him, grats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 23 · Member Author Share Posted March 23 6 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: Your coin is beautiful and I would strongly suggest NOT to clean it (in regards to the "bit of dirt" par) Trajan coinage is excellent for a multitude of reasons - excellent portraits, quality control appears to have been strict - variety of reverses, especially imperial coins but provincial coinage is interesting as well - last but not least, they are affordable. Before I started collecting ancient coins owning a Trajan was just a dream. I was under the impression that his coins are very rare and expensive. Now I own 24 Trajan coins (18 imperial and 6 provincials) from my total of 463 coins. Here are some I find very interesting a quadrans with a she wolf reverse denarius with the Column Dacian captives Caesarea, similar to @Ryro's but the reverse character is less .... ehm ... developed. Also mine is a didrachm (2 drachms_ denarius with personified Arabia and camel the river Danube Trajan's father a tridrachm from Antioch a dupondius showing personified Dacia and my latest acquisition, Alexandrian tetradrachm with canopus of Osiris Incredible! Loved all your Coins 🔥 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 24 · Member Share Posted March 24 Beautiful Trajan. My favorite Trajan coin features the bridge over the Danube 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 24 · Member Author Share Posted March 24 11 hours ago, Amarmur said: Beautiful Trajan. My favorite Trajan coin features the bridge over the Danube I Hope of one day owning of too, Very beautifull. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 24 · Member Share Posted March 24 Great looking denarius of Trajan, @MrZun. Thanks for sharing (and for including photos - the video would not open for me either - Chrome, on a very old PC). My latest Trajan is a sestertius in lousy condition, but I went for it because of the interesting reverse type - like many of Trajan's coins it shows a personification of Dacia, but rather than the usual defeated, dejected Dacia sitting next to a trophy, or Dacia being stomped by Victory or Peace, or a Dacian being trampled by a horse, this one shows Dacia as a pacified, but peaceful province with children: Trajan Æ Sestertius (112-114 A.D.) Rome Mint [IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO] AVG GER [DAC P M TR P COS VI P P], laureate bust right with aegis / [DACIA AVGVST | PR]OVINC[IA | SC], Dacia seated left on rock, holding aquila; in front of her on a second rock a child holding grapes; at her side a child holding grain stalks RIC II 622; Cohen RSC 125; BMCRE 961, p. 204 corr. ("with drapery and aegis" - this was corrected based on my query Feb. 2024) (22.44 grams / 31 x 30 mm) eBay Feb. 2024 $16.25 Note: "This important type shows the personification of Dacia with two children...They are upon on a rocky outcrop, enclosed by the inscription DACIA AVGVST PROVINCIA, which offers a clear reference to Trajan’s newly created province." Numismatica Ars Classica Here's a nicer one showing more details - this is the one in the British Museum collection that I suggested a correction for (they'd left off the aegis) - they are very nice about suggestions like this, and it made me feel for a few fleeting moments like a real numismatist when they made the revision: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12030 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CassiusMarcus Posted March 24 · Member Share Posted March 24 Who doesn't love the Optimus Princeps!? Really great coins in this thread from all, very nice stuff 😄 Here is my recent pick up of Trajan, a nice sestertius commemorating the Dacian victory. An unfortunate blemish on his nose but otherwise I'm really happy with it. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 24 · Member Author Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Marsyas Mike said: Great looking denarius of Trajan, @MrZun. Thanks for sharing (and for including photos - the video would not open for me either - Chrome, on a very old PC). My latest Trajan is a sestertius in lousy condition, but I went for it because of the interesting reverse type - like many of Trajan's coins it shows a personification of Dacia, but rather than the usual defeated, dejected Dacia sitting next to a trophy, or Dacia being stomped by Victory or Peace, or a Dacian being trampled by a horse, this one shows Dacia as a pacified, but peaceful province with children: Trajan Æ Sestertius (112-114 A.D.) Rome Mint [IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO] AVG GER [DAC P M TR P COS VI P P], laureate bust right with aegis / [DACIA AVGVST | PR]OVINC[IA | SC], Dacia seated left on rock, holding aquila; in front of her on a second rock a child holding grapes; at her side a child holding grain stalks RIC II 622; Cohen RSC 125; BMCRE 961, p. 204 corr. ("with drapery and aegis" - this was corrected based on my query Feb. 2024) (22.44 grams / 31 x 30 mm) eBay Feb. 2024 $16.25 Note: "This important type shows the personification of Dacia with two children...They are upon on a rocky outcrop, enclosed by the inscription DACIA AVGVST PROVINCIA, which offers a clear reference to Trajan’s newly created province." Numismatica Ars Classica Here's a nicer one showing more details - this is the one in the British Museum collection that I suggested a correction for (they'd left off the aegis) - they are very nice about suggestions like this, and it made me feel for a few fleeting moments like a real numismatist when they made the revision: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12030 Interesting, going to my list of new Coins for the Future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted March 24 · Member Author Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, CassiusMarcus said: Who doesn't love the Optimus Princeps!? Really great coins in this thread from all, very nice stuff 😄 Here is my recent pick up of Trajan, a nice sestertius commemorating the Dacian victory. An unfortunate blemish on his nose but otherwise I'm really happy with it. Wow, Very Nice in condition and a great patina, impressive 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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