Trajan Decius. 251 AD. Antioch, Roman Empire. Bi-Tetradrachm. 26mm 13.53g.
Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 251
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 6 h.
Weight: 13.53g.
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from three quarters behind (A*2), three globules under the bust.
Obverse legend: AUT K G ME KU TRAIANOS DEKIOS SEB.
Obverse translation: (Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus).
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing left on palm, wings outstretched, head left and tail right, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Enduded with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty-one specimens are now listed for this type, including the British Museum, ANS (3) and Doura/Yale (10). This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 369, no. 1126c.
Trajan Decius
(07/249-06/251) Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Decius was born in 201 in Lower Pannonia. After a brilliant career that opened the doors of the Senate, he was governor of Lower Moesia under the reign of Alexander Severus. At the end of the reign of Philip, winner of the Danube barbarian hordes, it is proclaimed august despite his refusal. He wrote to Philip, who does not believe and work against him. Philip and his son are killed in the battle that took place near Verona. Decius attached to his name this prestigious, Trajan. After a stint in Rome, Decius went on the Danube limes who deserted leaked Goths ravaging the Danubian provinces which the Emperor was born. It fails to stem the invasion. From 250, a new plague ravaging the Empire, the plague that decimated population and herds and further weakens the limes. He began a persecution against Christians in 250 (Polyeuctes, Corneille). The following year, he focuses on the limes, beats the Goths, but his son is killed. He finds himself wanting to avenge death. He is the first emperor to fall in battle against the Barbarians.
Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 251
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 6 h.
Weight: 13.53g.
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from three quarters behind (A*2), three globules under the bust.
Obverse legend: AUT K G ME KU TRAIANOS DEKIOS SEB.
Obverse translation: (Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus).
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing left on palm, wings outstretched, head left and tail right, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Enduded with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty-one specimens are now listed for this type, including the British Museum, ANS (3) and Doura/Yale (10). This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 369, no. 1126c.
Trajan Decius
(07/249-06/251) Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Decius was born in 201 in Lower Pannonia. After a brilliant career that opened the doors of the Senate, he was governor of Lower Moesia under the reign of Alexander Severus. At the end of the reign of Philip, winner of the Danube barbarian hordes, it is proclaimed august despite his refusal. He wrote to Philip, who does not believe and work against him. Philip and his son are killed in the battle that took place near Verona. Decius attached to his name this prestigious, Trajan. After a stint in Rome, Decius went on the Danube limes who deserted leaked Goths ravaging the Danubian provinces which the Emperor was born. It fails to stem the invasion. From 250, a new plague ravaging the Empire, the plague that decimated population and herds and further weakens the limes. He began a persecution against Christians in 250 (Polyeuctes, Corneille). The following year, he focuses on the limes, beats the Goths, but his son is killed. He finds himself wanting to avenge death. He is the first emperor to fall in battle against the Barbarians.
Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 251
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 6 h.
Weight: 13.53g.
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from three quarters behind (A*2), three globules under the bust.
Obverse legend: AUT K G ME KU TRAIANOS DEKIOS SEB.
Obverse translation: (Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus).
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing left on palm, wings outstretched, head left and tail right, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Enduded with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty-one specimens are now listed for this type, including the British Museum, ANS (3) and Doura/Yale (10). This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 369, no. 1126c.
Trajan Decius
(07/249-06/251) Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Decius was born in 201 in Lower Pannonia. After a brilliant career that opened the doors of the Senate, he was governor of Lower Moesia under the reign of Alexander Severus. At the end of the reign of Philip, winner of the Danube barbarian hordes, it is proclaimed august despite his refusal. He wrote to Philip, who does not believe and work against him. Philip and his son are killed in the battle that took place near Verona. Decius attached to his name this prestigious, Trajan. After a stint in Rome, Decius went on the Danube limes who deserted leaked Goths ravaging the Danubian provinces which the Emperor was born. It fails to stem the invasion. From 250, a new plague ravaging the Empire, the plague that decimated population and herds and further weakens the limes. He began a persecution against Christians in 250 (Polyeuctes, Corneille). The following year, he focuses on the limes, beats the Goths, but his son is killed. He finds himself wanting to avenge death. He is the first emperor to fall in battle against the Barbarians.
