MDC Monnaies de Collection
719
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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719
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
See original version (French)
Estimate €250
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Trajan Decius (249–251). Semis ND (249–251), Rome.
Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right.
Reverse: S – C. Mars standing on the left with spear and shield.
RIC.128; Bronze – 3.5 g – 16.5 mm – 6 h
From the W. Niggeler collection, probably from the Münzen & Medaillen and Leu auction, 1967.
On a short but thick flan, the fields barely corroded, beneath a dark patina. One of the finest examples known. Superb.
Trajan Decius was acclaimed Emperor by his troops during a campaign in Moesia and Pannonia on behalf of Philip I the Arab. He had been sent to suppress the revolt of the usurper Pacatian, who had proclaimed himself Emperor by his troops, but who was ultimately killed by them before Decius’s intervention. According to Zosimus, Decius seemed reluctant to seize power. However, after donning the purple, Philip I marched against Decius and the two men clashed near Verona. Decius was routed and killed. Subsequently, Decius’s accession to the throne was recognised by the Senate, which conferred upon him the name Traianus in reference to his predecessor Trajan, who, during the First Dacian War (101–102), had reduced the Danube region to the status of a client kingdom, before incorporating it into the Empire following the Second Dacian War (105–106)
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