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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Constantinian Era| > |Decentius| > SH70781
Decentius, Caesar, July or August 350 - 18 August 353 A.D.
|Decentius|, |Decentius,| |Caesar,| |July| |or| |August| |350| |-| |18| |August| |353| |A.D.|, Magnentius, usurper of the western provinces, made his brother Decentius caesar, to oversee the defense of Gaul and the Rhine frontier. After Magnentius was defeated at the Battle of Mons Seleucus by Constantius II and committed suicide, Decentius, who was leading reinforcements, hanged himself at Senonae.
SH70781. Bronze reduced double maiorina, cf. RIC VIII Lyons 157 (PPLG) or 159 (PPLG•), VF, mintmark mostly off flan, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 6.928g, maximum diameter 23.3mm, die axis 180o, 350 - 353 A.D.; obverse D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right; reverse SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES (the salvation of our noble emperor and caesar), large Chi-Rho Christogram, Alpha - Omega flanking at sides, PPLG[•?] in exergue; scarce; SOLD










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