Trajan Decius AE Double Sestertius, RIC 115a, Cohen 39
Trajan Decius Æ Double Sestertius. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS SAECVLI S-C, Felicitas standing left with long caduceus & cornucopiae. Cohen 39.
Trajan Decius (249-251)
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Trajan Decius became emperor midway through the third century and near the beginning of the chaos that characterized the period between the relative stability of the Severans and the formation of the Tetrarchy by Diocletian.
Trajan Decius, AR Antoninianus, 249 (?), Group I, Rome
IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
D_ACIA
Dacia, wearing robe reaching feet, standing left, draco battle standard in right hand
21mm x 24mm, 3.81g ...
Trajan Decius (AD 249-251)
21 mm. 5:30. 3.89 grams
Yellow brass, without traces of silver. Worn looking, perhaps a cast. However, the edge shows no seam.
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG ...
Trajan Decius (249-251 AD)
Born Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius around the year 201 AD in the village of Budalia in Lower Pannonia. He was governor of Lower Moesia in 234-238 AD.
Trajan Decius 249 - 251 CE Antoninianus
Obv: Radiate bust right
Rev: The two Pannoniae veiled, standing front .
Cohen - 86 ...
40. Trajan Decius, A.D. 249-251, brass double-sestertius.
41. Trajan Decius, A.D. 249-251, silver 'restoration' antoniniani, with portraits of Titus, Nerva, and Trajan.
42. Gallienus, A.D. 253-268, gold aureus.
Son of Trajan Decius
(251 CE)
(Caesar 250 - 251 CE)
Antiochia ad Orontem, Syria ...
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*49873 Trajan Decius . 249-251. AR Antoninianus (3.26). Radiate bust r/2 Pannoniae, standing, each hldg a standard. SR-9378, RIC-21b, RSC-86. GVF. $55 [image] ...
After a long interval the coinage begins again under Tiberius (?) and extends down to the reign of Trajan Decius. Quasi-autonomous and Imperial, Heads of ΔΗΜΟC and Emperors. Inscr.
Its coins are imperial, in brass, with Greek inscriptions, from the reign of Antoninus Pius to that of Elagabalus; and in the same metal, with Latin legends, from Severus Alexander to Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus.
..... Click the link for more information. 218-222AD), Trajan Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201-251), Roman emperor (249 - 251), the first of the long succession of distinguished men from the Illyrian provinces, ...
Antoniniani
Row 1: Elagabalus (silver 218-222), Trajan Decius (silver 249-251), Gallienus (billon 253-268 Asian mint)
Row 2: Gallienus (copper 253-268), Aurelian (silvered 270-275), barbarous radiate (copper), barbarous radiate (copper) ...
He became emperor after bringing about the murder of his young predecessor, Gordian III. His turn came only five years later when he was killed in battle against the next emperor, Trajan Decius.
 See also: Trajan, Bust, Reverse, Revers, Coin
  
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