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Live auction - brm_519149 - DECENTIUS Double maiorina réduite, (MB, Æ 2)

DECENTIUS Double maiorina réduite, (MB, Æ 2) AU
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Estimate : 280 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 29 January 2019 15:23:42
Type : Double maiorina réduite, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 353
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré un peu court sur les légendes. Beau buste de Décence. Joli revers. Patine verte

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue, cuirassé de Décence à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B°).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Decentius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Notre seigneur Décence très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SALVS D D NN AVG ET CAE/ -|-// [LSLG].
Reverse description : Grand chrisme accosté de l'alpha et de l'oméga.
Reverse translation : "Salus Dominorum Nostrorum Augusti et Cæsari", (La santé de nos seigneurs auguste et césar).

Commentary


Poids léger. Cette double maiorina appartient à la troisième réduction pondérale intervenue au cours de l’année 353 qui vit passer la taille du 1/36 L. au 1/48 L. avant de finir de 1/72 L..

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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