Decius in Attractive Contemporary Bezel

Triton XIX, Lot: 607. Estimate $20000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus in contemporary mount (23mm, 7.68 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae standing facing, heads left and right, clasping inner hands, both holding signa with their outer hands. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3297 corr. (Pannonia on right does hold a transverse signum); Biaggi 1396. For comparable pieces as ancient jewelry, see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Inv. 36.9.1; Benaki Museum, Athens, Inv. 1640. EF, some minor obverse die rust, underlying luster. Very rare.