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Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 9:10 pm My latest coin finally got to me. Got this one at the last Triskeles auction. It took a pretty grand tour of the states as well. Starting in Georgia it went to Atlanta first then all the way out to Miami before making its way up North to sit in customs for a little while longer before finally getting here. I would make a joke about border patrol but that would be in bad taste. Anyways here is what you are still reading for: Trajan. A.D. 98-117. BI tetradrachm Mint: Alexandria, year 19 (A.D. 116/7). Obverse:AVT TÎ¡AIAN AÎ¡I CEB Î"EÎ¡M Î"AKIK, laureate head right, star before Reverse: Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; across field, L I-Î˜. KÃ¶ln 684; Milne 740; Emmett 372 Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 9:21 pm Very nice coin. I really like these billon tets and wish I had more of them. Why does it take so long from the US to Canada when it doesn't take as long to Europe? Report this Post to the Staff
Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 9:27 pm It may have no been too long with the long weekend in Canada. It took about 2 and a half weeks. Maybe I was just impatient because I just really wanted the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 9:43 pm I like billon tetradrachms of Alexandria as well. It's a cheap(er) way of acquiring larger ancient silver coins. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 10:04 pm Very nice! Trajan has so many interesting coins. Half the time when I see a Roman which catches my eye, it's a Trajan. Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 10:13 pm It's great to get home from a long trip, even better when you come home to a awesome coin too !... Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 08/09/2013 01:13 am Well now that's phat! Report this Post to the Staff
Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 08/09/2013 09:37 am Thanks for the kind words. My girlfriend thought I was nuts because I kept going to look at the coin last night. Trajan has long been one of my favourite emperors. I was very excited to win this coin I even put it at a max bid that was out of my comfort zone. Luckily it went at the first bid so it saved me some money! I am also now a fan of Triskeles auctions the buyers fee isn't too much and the shipping is very reasonable plus they have coins for all budgets. But don't go bidding on my coins! Report this Post to the Staff
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