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Quinarius - Trajan Decius DACIA; Dacia

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius) (249-251)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 250-251
Value Silver Quinarius (¼)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
282972
References RIC IV.3# 35A
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.35A
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan Decius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C DECIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Decius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Decius, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Dacia, draped in long robe reaching feet, standing left, holding vertical staff with head of ass in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DACIA

Mint

Mediolanum, modern-day Milan, Italy

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