2 Sestertii - Trajan Decius VICTORIA AVG S C; Victory

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	2 Sestertii (¼)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	34.3 g
Diameter	37.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 282774
References	RIC IV.3# 126A 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.126A Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan Decius, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Messius Quintus Trajan Decius, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, running left, holding wreath in right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIA AVG S C

Translation:
Victoria Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus). Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 31.55–37.95 g;
Diameter varies: 37–38 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (249-251)

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