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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Trajan Decius| > RB91024
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D.
|Trajan| |Decius|, |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. The legend GENI ILLVRICI dedicates this coin to the Genius of Illyria (an area in the western Balkans).
RB91024. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 117a, Cohen V 53, Hunter III 34, SRCV III 9404, VF, superb portrait, attractive patina, small squared flan, edge crack, Rome mint, weight 13.228g, maximum diameter 27.6mm, die axis 0o, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; reverse GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI, Genius standing left, naked except for polos on head, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, standard behind, S - C (senatus consulto) across field below center; from the Eric J. Engstrom Collection; scarce; SOLD











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