brm_619801 - TRAJAN DECIUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, épais, idéalement centré. Superbe buste. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus", (L'empereur césar Messius Quintus Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIVS EXERCITVS ILLYRICIANI.
Reverse description : Génie à demi nu coiffé du modius debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche ; à droite, une enseigne.
Reverse translation : "Genius Exercitus Illyriciani", (Le Génie de l'armée illyrienne).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence avec la légende longue au revers.
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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