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A silver antoninianus of the emperor Trajan Decius with a Uberitas reverse Coin Type: Silver antoninanus of Trajan Decius, 249-251 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 250-251 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 23mm, 4.0g
Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: VBERITAS AVG
Uberitas standing facing, head left, holding udder in front at waist level in right hand, carrying cornucopia in left arm.
Provenance: Lodge Antiquities (eBay), January 2003
Ref: RCV (2005) 9384; RIC IV 28(b)
BW Ref: 006 028 046
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