v41_0793 - TRAJAN DECIUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Mésie Supérieure, Viminacium ?
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré sur un flan large et ovale. Très beau portrait particulier et stylisé. Joli revers avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Messius Quintus Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VBERITAS AVG.
Reverse description : Uberitas (la Fertilité) debout à gauche tenant une bourse de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Uberitas Augusti”, (La Fertilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Portrait très particulier. Coin bouché dans la légende au droit au niveau du V de DECIVS. Le portrait est très particulier, stylisé. Nous pourrions avoir affaire à un antoninien d’un atelier de campagne, voir de l’atelier de Viminacium.
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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