Aureus - Trajan Decius VICTORIA AVG; 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	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 283035
References	RIC IV.3# 7A 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.7A Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Traianus Decius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), 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

Translation:
Victoria Augusti.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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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