Ancients
Trajan (AD 98-117). AV aureus (19mm, 6.96 gm, 7h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, spring AD 113-summer AD 114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from back / CONSERVATORI•PATRIS•PATRIAE, Jupiter (on right), nude, standing facing, head left, thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left, Trajan (on left) standing facing, head left, below protection of thunderbolt, branch upward in right hand, parazonium in left. Calicó 991. RIC II 249 var. (bust type). Amber toning is tightly cropped to details adding graceful shadows. Delightfully bright in hand.
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