bpv_312294 - TRAJAN DECIUS Dupondius
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, large et ovale avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait particulier de Trajan Dèce. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP 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 Traianus Decius Augustus”, (L’empereur Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S - C-OL VIM// AN XI.
Reverse description : La Mésie drapée debout de face tournée à gauche, brandissant une branche d’olivier de la main droite et tenant de la main gauche, un long sceptre transversal surmonté d’une victoriola ; de chaque côté, un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ anno undecimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium/ onzième année).
Commentary
Poids excessivement léger. Trou de centrage visible de chaque côté. Portrait de Philippe l’Arabe pour cette première émission où le portrait du nouvel empereur n’est pas encore connu. Variante très particulière avec un sceptre transversal.
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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