Sestertius - Trajan Decius LIBERALITAS AVG S C
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius) (249-251)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 249-251 |
| Value | Sestertius (⅛) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 282716 |
| References | RIC IV.3# 106 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.tr_d.106Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Trajan Decius, laureate, draped, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Caius Messius Quintus Decius Trajan, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Trajan Decius, seated left on platform, presiding at largesse, attended by an officer; Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; before platform, citizen, standing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIBERALITAS AVG S C
Translation:
Liberalitas Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
The liberality of the emperor. Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (249-251) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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