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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 33 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 July 2024 14:34:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: été ?
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et centré. Usure importante mais joli buste au droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue, cuirassé de Décence à droite, avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B°01).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Decentius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Notre seigneur Décence très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE/ VOT/ V/ MVLT/ X/ -|-// RSLG.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face tenant à deux un bouclier inscrit en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Dominorum Nostrorum Augusti et Cæsari / Votis quinquennalibus multis decennalibus”, (Aux Victoires de notre auguste et de notre césar/ Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le dixième anniversaire à venir).
Historical background
DECENTIUS
(03/351-18/08/353)
Caesar
Decency, created Caesar by his brother Magnentius in March 351, remained in Gaul to defend the Rhenish Limes against the Frankish invasion fomented at the instigation of Constance with a view to opening a second front. Beaten, Decency locked himself in Sens where he committed suicide on August 18, 353.
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