Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.06 g, 11h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 1st emission, AD 249.

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Roman Imperial, Gold

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Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.06 g, 11h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 1st emission, AD 249. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIC T O RIA AVG, Victory advancing left on ground line, holding wreath in outstretched left hand and cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC V 29a var. (bust type); Calicó 3300; Biaggi 1398; Hunter –. Lustrous, light scratches on obverse, small graffito on reverse under Victory. Near EF.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 111 (24 September 2018), lot 199; Künker 143 (6 October 2008), lot 655; Rauch 82 (23 April 2008), lot 491.


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