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Valued Member
Canada
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I am fairly new to ancient coin collecting. I have been cleaning coins and buying the odd bronze here and there. Very excited to get my first piece of Roman silver in the mail today. Purchased from Frank S. Robinson Auctions.. TRAJAN, Den, PM TRPCOS VI PP SPQR, Mars adv r  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Nice!  It's not an area I have gotten into, but I know you are in good company here.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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A rather pleasing Roman silver coin. Make sure you keep it for the rest of your life. I now regret selling my first Roman coin, (a Hadrian silver denarius - rev. Annona, with modius & corn ears reverse), bought it for $4 in 1967, and sold it for $60 in 1976.  Was in about the same condition as this one. Edited by sel_69l
02/15/2018 02:12 am
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Moderator
 United States
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Nice example, interesting to see such a young looking bust.
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Moderator
United States
34424 Posts |
Very nice pick-up @claudius! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Congrats. It's a nice one. Quote:
Make sure you keep it for the rest of your life. I like this advice. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
That's a fantastic first silver.
Buying from Frank assures authenticity 99.9999% of the time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4883 Posts |
Solid example with a very aesthetically pleasing portrait.
Colligo ergo sum
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Valued Member
181 Posts |
Wow I have about 6 different Trajans and none of them look like that. Probably rare- Good find( if it is genuine- the seller does sound very reputable and all)
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02/15/2018 10:33 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
Superb selection. That is indeed an unusually nice portrait, and top it off with a well preserved and fully struck reverse! My first denarius was a super low grade Trajan, which I ended up selling to make more room. I regret that many of my first ancients were coins that I eventually felt it was time to move on from - you are doing it right!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1120 Posts |
Brilliant coin - love the portrait. I posted yesterday about upgrading my collection, I had full intention of selling my first purchases as they are all low grade.
I think I'm going to keep them all now - great comparison examples for my students.
There's always more room!
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Valued Member
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travel I would keep em. I pretty much going to keep all of mine- unless I could get top dollar for it.
I have alot of constantines sons( which are very common I wouldnt mind parting with them) Many of them were free gifts with purchases.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks for all of the positive comments. Very happy with my choice and I appreciate your input.
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