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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Trajan Decius| > RB95778
Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D.
|Trajan| |Decius|, |Trajan| |Decius,| |September| |249| |-| |June| |or| |July| |251| |A.D.|, Trajan Decius, a general under Philip I, was sent to crush the revolt of Pacatian but was forced by his troops to declare himself emperor. He defeated Philip in a great battle at Verona. Decius spent the rest of his short reign combating barbarians. In June 251, Trajan Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus became the first Roman emperors to die in battle against a foreign enemy.
RB95778. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 113b (R); Cohen V 28, SRCV III 9400, Hunter III - (p. xcvii), gVF/VF, excellent portrait, well centered, dark brown patina, porosity especially on the reverse, Rome mint, weight 16.114g, maximum diameter 29.4mm, die axis 0o, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery; reverse DACIA, Dacia standing facing, head left, wearing robe reaching feet, vertical standard in right hand, S - C (senatus consulto) across field; rare; SOLD










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IMPCAESCMESSTRAIQDECIOAVG
IMPCAESQTRAIANVSDECIVS
IMPCAETRADECAVG
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IMPCDECIVSAVG
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