E-auction 74-36319 - bpv_310803 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 15 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 September 2014 16:11:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Dacie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais à l’usure importante mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait particulier. Joli revers. Patine vert clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Traianus Decius Augustus”, (L'empereur Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVI-NC-IA D-ACIA// AN IIII.
Reverse description : La Dacie debout à gauche, coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien, drapée, tenant dans chaque main, un étendard ; de chaque côté, un aigle à gauche, un lion à droite.
Reverse translation : “Provincia Dacia/ anno quartum”, (Province de Dacie/ an quatrième).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Portrait de Philippe Ier l’Arabe. Les chiffres dans les vexilla (étendards) V et XIII sont les numéros des légions stationnées dans la région. L’aigle et le lion sont les épisèmes (mascottes) de ces légions comme pour l’atelier de Viminacium. Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du musée de Budapest (SNG/H. 74 à 77, pl. VII). Pour Trajan Dèce, nous avons des monnaies de l’an 4 et de l’an 5 et seulement des sesterces.
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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