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I'm a bit late to the party, but here's a coin of the optimus princeps!

Trajan (AD 98-117)

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Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.73 g). Rome mint. 20 February AD 116-August 117. IMP CAES NER AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TRP COS VI PP, laureate and draped bust right / REX PARTHIS DATVS, Trajan seated left on platform, presenting Parthamaspates to kneeling Parthian, SC in ex. RIC II 667; Woytek 594v–25 (this coin); Banti 96; Cohen 328; BMC 1046; Sear 3191.

Ex Wild Rose/Terence Cheesman Collection. Ex Rauch 102 (7 November 2016), lot 387; Walter Niggeler Collection. Ex Vinchon (24 November 1994), lot 438; Henry Platt Hall Collection. Ex Bank Leu/Münzen & Medaillen AG (2 November 1967), lot 1232; Aste Bolaffi, NYINC (Jan 2022) Ex Glendining (16 November 1950), lot 1309; Rauch 108 (4 June 2019), lot 171. Ex Glendining (18 December 1919), lot 243.

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Here's a very late addition. This coin arrived yesterday.  I cleaned it lightly and applied Ren Wax.

Trajan, AE drachm, Alexandria, LIZ (year 17) 113/4 AD.

RPC 4792.1; BMC 434.

14.43 grams

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