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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. |
The Dacian Kingdom existed between 82 B.C. until the Trajan's conquest in 106 A.D. This coin commemorates Trajan Decius' recovery of Roman Dacia from rebelling Carpo-Dacians. The province was abandoned by Aurelian in 275, recovered again by Constantine the Great by 336, but abandoned again permanently soon after Constantine's death.RB93309. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 113(b) (R); Cohen V 28, SRCV III 9400, Hunter III - (p. xcvii), VF, superb portrait, flow lines, tight squared flan cutting off parts of legends, small edge cracks, obverse porous, weight 15.669 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse DACIA, Dacia standing half left, wearing robe reaching feet, Roman standard in right hand, S - C (senatus consulto) divided across field; from the Errett Bishop Collection; rare; SOLD
Caesarea, about 30 miles north of Joppa and about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, was the capital of the Roman province of Judaea, the seat of the procurators, and the headquarters of the Roman troops. It was founded by Herod the Great and named after Caesar Augustus.JD14114. Bronze AE 29, SNG ANS 829 var, aF, weight 19.500 g, maximum diameter 29.0 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Maritima (Keisaria, Israel) mint, 249 - 250 A.D.; obverse IMP C C MES Q TRA DECIVS AVG or similar, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse COL PR F AVG C CAES METROP SP or similar, altar, palm-tree and olive-tree behind; rare; SOLD
In Roman mythology, Aequitas was the minor goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Aequitas was also the personification of the virtues equity and fairness of the emperor (Aequitas Augusti). The scales, a natural emblem of equity, express righteousness. The cornucopia signifies the prosperity which results from Aequitas and Aequitas Augusti. RS34675. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 45, RSC IV 9b, SRCV III 9367, Hunter III - (p. xcviii) (officina mark no noted in references), VF, well centered, weight 4.030 g, maximum diameter 22.1 mm, die axis 0o, 3rd officina, Antioch mint, 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right from behind, three pellets below; reverse AEQVITAS AVGG (equity of the two emperors), Aequitas standing left, scales in extended right hand, cornucopia in left hand; rare; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D.
In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Roman people, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc. Genius' image is of a man with a cloak half covering the shoulders leaving the rest of his body naked, holding a cornucopia in one hand, and a simpulum or a patera in the other. The legend GENIVS ILLVRICIANI dedicates this coin to the Genius of the army in Illyria (western Balkans). RS86829. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 38a (S), RSC 43, Hunter III 23, SRCV III 9373, VF, excellent portrait, uneven toning, radiating flow lines, some die wear, bumps and marks, edge crack, weight 3.333 g, maximum diameter 22.6 mm, die axis 0o, Mediolanum (Milan, Italy) mint, c. 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE TRA DEC AVG, radiate, draped, head right, seen from behind; reverse GEN ILLVRICI, Genius standing slightly left, head left, nude but for kalathos (or polos) on head and paludamentum over shoulders and left arm, pouring libations from patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; ex Beast Coins; very scarce; SOLD
In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Roman people, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc. The legend GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI dedicates this coin to the Genius of the army in Illyria (western Balkans).
Genius' image is of a man with a cloak half covering the shoulders leaving the rest of his body naked, holding a cornucopia in one hand, and a simpulum or a patera in the other.RS28147. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 16(c), RSC IV 49, Hunter III 11, SRCV III 9374, Choice aEF, weight 4.546 g, maximum diameter 22.2 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius standing left, nude but for cloak over shoulder, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, standard right; SOLD
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D.
RB39112. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 113b, Cohen V 35, Hunter III 45, SRCV III 9401, VF, small flan, weight 15.607 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse DACIA FELIX, Dacia standing left, wearing robe reaching feet, legionary standard in right, S C (senatus consulto) across field; rare; 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.RP93135. Bronze AE 25, Krzyzanowska pl. XLIV, II/8; RPC Online IX 1258; SNG BnF 1282 var. (...COL CA); SNG PfPS V 124 (same); BMC Lycia p. 198, 125 var. (...COLON), VF, well centered with full legends, minor porosity, light earthen deposits, reverse die crack, weight 8.159 g, maximum diameter 24.5 mm, die axis 0o, Antioch in Pisidia (Yalvac, Turkey) mint, Sep 249 - Jun/Jul 251 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES TRAIAN DECIVS AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse ANTIOC-HI COL C, eagle on vexillum between two standards, S R in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Roman people, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc. The legend GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI dedicates this coin to the Genius of the army in Illyria (western Balkans).
Genius' image is of a man with a cloak half covering the shoulders leaving the rest of his body naked, holding a cornucopia in one hand, and a simpulum or a patera in the other.RS92348. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 16(c), RSC IV 49, Hunter III 11, SRCV III 9374, VF, well centered, toned, flow lines, edge splits, die wear, weight 4.066 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius standing left, nude but for cloak over shoulder, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, standard right; SOLD
Maeonia, Lydia, Time of Trajan Decius, c. 250 A.D.
The original name of the Lydian kingdom was Maionia or Maeonia. Homer (Iliad ii. 865; v. 43, xi. 431) refers to the inhabitants of Lydia as Maiones. Herodotus (Histories i. 7) writes that the "Meiones" were renamed Lydians after their King Lydus, son of Atys. Ludim, the Hebrew name for Lydians, found in the Book of Jeremiah (46.9), was considered by Flavius Josephus, to be derived from Lud son of Shem. Hippolytus of Rome (A.D. 234) wrote that the Lydians were descended from Ludim, son of Mizraim. According to Pliny the Elder (Natural History book v:30) and Hierocles (author of Synecdemus), some Maeones still existed during historical times in the upland interior along the River Hermus, where a town named Maeonia was located.RP82381. Bronze AE 20, BMC Lydia p. 131, 31, aVF, weight 2.981 g, maximum diameter 19.6 mm, die axis 180o, Maionia (near Menye, Turkey) mint, Time of Trajan Decius, c. 250 A.D.; obverse vine-tree with large trunk, branches and two bunches of grapes; reverse MAIONΩN, bearded Herakles, naked, holding cornucopia and lion-skin and leaning on club; SOLD
They look similar, but there is a significant physical difference between angels and Victory. Angels are all male. Victory (Nike) is female. On Byzantine coinage, the male angel replaced the female Victory after the reunion with Rome was concluded on 28 March 519 A.D.RS38554. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 29c, RSC IV 113a, Hunter III 13, SRCV III 9387, EF, weight 4.367 g, maximum diameter 22.5 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 250 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIA AVG (the victory of the Emperor), Victory walking left, wreath in right hand, palm frond in left hand; SOLD
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