bpv_463644 - TRAJAN DECIUS Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 249-251
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Portrait de Trajan Dèce taillé à la serpe. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine superficielle
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES C MESSO Q DECIO TRAI.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperatori Cæsari Messo Quinto Decio Traiano”, (À l’empereur Messius Quintus Dèce Trajan).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTIOCHI CO [C/ -|-// ANTHIO/ S R].
Reverse description : Dieu-fleuve Anthios allongé à droite, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, s’appuyant sur un vas retourné qui laisse s’échapper le flot, tenant un roseau de la main droit et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Antiochi Colonia Cæsari/ Anthio Senatus Romanus”, (Sénat romain de la colonie césarienne d’Antioche/ rivière Anthios).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG France 3/ 1282, pl. 69). Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG France 3/ 1289-1291, pl. 69).
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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