Antoninianus - Trajan Decius SECVRITAS AVG; Securitas

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	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 283006
References	RIC IV.3# 54 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.54 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Trajan Decius, radiate, draped, 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

Securitas (?), draped, standing, holding purse in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SECVRITAS AVG

Translation:
Securitas Augusti.
Safety of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

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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