Live auction - brm_409014 - DECENTIUS Double maiorina
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 15:05:11 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Double maiorina
Date: 353
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Décence. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Boule (G. Barré) du 16 octobre 2015, n° 188
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N DECENTI-VS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé, tête nue 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 DD NN AVG ET CAES/ -|-// 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.
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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