v31_0430 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
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Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait légèrement stylisé. Revers intéressant. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine vert jade clair, légèrement granuleuse
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 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 ; de chaque côté, un bœuf à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium anno un decimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium, de la onzième année).
Commentary
Poids lourd. 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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