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brm_229641 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce

TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, court sur les légendes. Beau portrait inhabituel de Trajan Dèce. Usure plus importante au revers avec le flan légèrement granuleux. Jolie patine vert olive au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus", (L'empereur césar Messius Quintus Trajan Dèce auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIVS EX[ERC] ILLVRICIANI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Génie à demi nu coiffé du modius debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche ; à droite, une enseigne.
Reverse translation : "Genius Exercitus Illuriciani", (Le Génie de l'armée illyrienne).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 2. Très beau portrait particulier de Trajan Dèce.

Historical background


TRAJAN DECIUS

(07/249-06/251)

Decius was born in 201 in Lower Pannonia. After a brilliant career which opened the doors of the Senate to him, he was governor of Lower Moesia under the reign of Alexander Severus. At the end of the reign of Philip, winner on the Danube of barbarian hordes, he was proclaimed august despite his refusal. He writes it to Philippe who does not believe him and marches against him. Philip and his son are killed in battle near Verona. Decius joins to his name that, prestigious, of Trajan. After a stint in Rome, Decius travels to the Danubian Limes. Deserted, the limes allowed the Goths to filter through, ravaging the Danubian provinces, where the Emperor originated. He fails to stem the invasion. From 250, a new plague ravages the Empire. The plague decimated population and herds and further weakened the limes. He began a persecution against Christians in 250 (Polyeucte, Corneille). The following year, he went to the limes, defeated the Goths, but his son was killed. He himself finds death while wanting to avenge him. He is the first emperor to fall in battle against the Barbarians.

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