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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Crisis & Decline| ▸ |Trajan Decius||View Options:   | | | Trajan Decius, a general under Philip I, successfully crushed the revolt of Pacatian. His troops forced him to assume the imperial dignity and although he still protested his loyalty, Philip advanced against him. Decius was victorious and Philip was killed. The Senate then recognized Decius as Emperor, giving him the attribute Traianus as a reference to that good emperor. As the Byzantine historian Zosimus later noted: "Decius was therefore clothed in purple and forced to undertake the government, despite his reluctance and unwillingness." Decius spent the rest of his short reign combating barbarians. Sometime in the first two weeks of June 251, Trajan Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus became the first Roman emperors to die in battle against a foreign enemy. Herennius died at his father's side, struck by an arrow. Decius survived the initial confrontation, only to be slain with the rest of the army before the end of the day. |
In 256 A.D., about six years after this coin was struck, the Persian King Shapur conquered and plundered Antioch.RY33021. Billon tetradrachm, RPC Online IX 1770; McAlee 1125(g); Prieur 589; Dura Excavations 520, VF, weight 10.677 g, maximum diameter 28.2 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse AYT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC CEB (Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right from behind, Z below; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC (holder of Tribunitian power), eagle right on palm, head right, tail left, wings open, wreath in beak, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Antiocheia, Pisidia
Paul of Tarsus gave his first sermon to the Gentiles (Acts 13:13-52) at Antiochia in Pisidia, and visited the city once on each of his missionary journeys, helping to make Antioch a center of early Christianity in Anatolia. Antioch in Pisidia is also known as Antiochia Caesareia and Antiochia in Phrygia.RP80028. Bronze AE 24, BMC Lycia p. 198, 125 var. (rev. legend ending), nice F, weight 7.277 g, maximum diameter 24.2 mm, die axis 45o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, obverse IMP CAES C MESS Q TRA DECIO TRAI AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ANTIO-CHICO, eagle on vellexium between two standards topped with wreaths, S R in exergue; SOLD
| The Dacian Draco was the standard ensign of troops of the ancient Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several scenes depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy. It has the form of a dragon with open wolf-like jaws containing several metal tongues. The hollow dragon's head was mounted on a pole with a fabric tube affixed at the rear. In use, the draco was held up into the wind, or above the head of a horseman, where it filled with air and gave the impression it was alive while making a shrill sound as the wind passed through its strips of material. |  |
Uberitas is the personification of fruitfulness, primarily agricultural fertility.RS72387. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 28b, RSC IV 105, Hunter III 20, SRCV III 9384, VF, centered, weak centers, worn reverse die, weight 3.967 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, Jul 249 - Jun 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse VBERITAS AVG (to the abundance of the emperor), Uberitas standing facing, head left, right leg forward, purse in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; ex CNG/Seaby Coins; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Antiocheia, Pisidia
Paul of Tarsus gave his first sermon to the Gentiles (Acts 13:13-52) at Antiochia in Pisidia, and visited the city once on each of his missionary journeys, helping to make Antioch a center of early Christianity in Anatolia. Antioch in Pisidia is also known as Antiochia Caesareia and Antiochia in Phrygia.RP41008. Bronze AE 24, SNG Cop 81 - 82 var. (legends), VF, weight 7.518 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 225o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, obverse IMP CAES G MESS Q DECIO TRAI, radiate bust right; reverse ANTIOCHI COL, eagle on vexillum between two standards, SR in exergue; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior
Viminacium was a Roman Colony founded by Gordian III in 239 A.D. The usual legend is P.M.S. COL. VIM., abbreviating Provinciae Moesiae Superioris Colonia Viminacium. The usual type is a female personification of Moesia standing between a lion and a bull. The bull and the lion were symbols of the Legions VII and IV, which were quartered in the province.RP60559. Bronze AE 26, H-J Viminacium 45 (R2); Varbanov I 162; AMNG I/I 124; BMC Thrace p. 17, 28; Moushmov 44, F, rough, weight 12.397 g, maximum diameter 26.2 mm, die axis 0o, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, 249 - 250 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN XI (year 11 of the Viminacium colonial era) in exergue; SOLD
A scarce denomination for the period.RB90373. Bronze as, RIC IV 120a, Cohen V 71, aF, rough, corrosion, weight 7.785 g, maximum diameter 24.4 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVG (the generosity of the Emperor), Liberalitas standing left, counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; scarce; SOLD
Rare denomination introduced with this issue, and equal in value to the obsolete silver quinarius. The c. 4g brass "semis" introduced at the same time as this issue, may well have been a "reduced as" half of the c. 8.5 gram dupondius, one quarter of the c. 17 g sesterius, and one eighth of this coin. Completing the sub-antoninianus denominations, a rare, small, silver coin of c. 1.6 g was a denarius. The double sestertius, easilly distiguished by its radiate crown, was also issued by Gallienus and especially Postumus. A rare denomination of Aurelian and Severina is sometimes referred to as a "dupondius," sometimes as an "double sestertius." its rarity precludes its use as a smaller than half fraction of the c. 275 A.D. aurelianus. Probably the 7 g "as" was a half of the aurelianus, making the 14 g radiate Aurelian / Severina bronze an attempted bronze aurelianus.SH26392. Orichalcum double sestertius, RIC IV 115d, Cohen V 39, Hunter III 47, SRCV III 9395, Choice VF, weight 34.518 g, maximum diameter 36.3 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, drapery in left shoulder; reverse FELICITAS SAECVLI S C, Felicitas standing left, caduceus in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; exceptional quality for this late issue, olive patina; ex The New York Sale, Auction XIV, 10 January 2007, lot 373; SOLD
The double sestertius, easily distinguished by its radiate crown, was also issued by Gallienus and especially by Postumus. This rare denomination, equal in value to the obsolete silver quinarius, was introduced with this issue. The c. 4g brass "semis" introduced at the same time, may well have been a "reduced as" half of the c. 8.5 gram dupondius, one quarter of the c. 17 g sestertius, and one eighth of this coin. Completing the sub-antoninianus denominations, a rare, small, silver coin of c. 1.6 g was a denarius.SH82658. Orichalcum double sestertius, RIC IV 115c & pl. 12, 16 (R); Cohen V 40 (30 fr.); Hunter III 46 & pl. 78; SRCV III 9395, gVF, attractively centered on a full flan, green and brown surfaces, minor roughness, small areas of light smoothing , closed flan crack at obv. 7:00, weight 37.403 g, maximum diameter 37.0 mm, die axis 180o, 4th officina, Rome mint, 3rd emission, 250 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse FELICITAS SAECVLI (age of good fortune), Felicitas standing slightly left, head left, long caduceus grounded and vertical in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; ex CNG e-auction 410 (29 Nov 2017), lot 379; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Tarsos, Cilicia
The inscription A M K Γ B is a boast of Tarsos meaning, "First (A is the Greek 1), Greatest (Mεγιστη), and Most Beautiful (Kαλλιστη) city of the three (Γ is the Greek 3) adjoining provinces (Cilicia, Isauria, Lycaonia), and holder of two (B is the Greek 2) neokorie (temples dedicated to the imperial cult)."RP21811. Bronze AE 25, SNG BnF 1769, SNG Levante -, aF, weight 8.464 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, die axis 180o, Tarsos (Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey) mint, obverse AY KE Γ M E KYIN ΔEKI TPAIANOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, Π - Π; reverse TAPCOY MHTPOΠOΛEΩX / A M K <Θ>Γ B, demiourgos crown on altar on left, Kilikarch crown decorated with Imperial heads on right; rare; SOLD
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