v41_0870 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel. Revers de haut relief. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Caius Messius Quintus Decius Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Caius Messius Quintus Dèce pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN XI.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant 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
Portrait de Philippe l’Arabe pour cette première émission où le portrait du nouvel empereur n’est pas encore connu. Première émission pour l’atelier avant que Dèce n’adopte le surnom de Trajan, inscrit ensuite sur toutes les monnaies.
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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