v41_0877 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 10,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine vert d’eau, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (B*4).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Traianus Decius Augustus”, (L’empereur Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM// AN XII.
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 duodecimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium/ douzième année).
Commentary
Poids excessivement léger. Le portrait est maintenant celui de Trajan Dèce. Pour l’an 12, A. Kotschev a recensé trente-trois sesterces avec quatorze coins de droit pour l’ensemble des variétés. Le buste présente une cuirasse (lorica) vue de trois quarts en arrière. Manque au Varbonov avec ce type de buste pour le type normal.
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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