v34_0696 - TRAJAN DECIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Starting price : 295.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 295.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 249-250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e-3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, épais et irrégulier. Beau portrait de style fin à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Trajan Dèce à droite avec pan de paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus", (L'empereur césar Messius Quintus Trajan Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DACIA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Dacia (la Dacie) drapée debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant de la main droite une enseigne surmontée par une tête de loup.
Reverse translation : "Dacia", (La Dacie).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ce type de buste caractéristique des premières émissions (B*01) est beaucoup plus rare que le type normal avec le buste (B*4). D. Sear signale que pour le revers, l’enseigne est surmontée d’une tête de loup plutôt que celle d’un âne comme décrit traditionnellement dans les ouvrages (op. cit. , p. 197).
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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