Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Viminacium, Year 12=250/1 AD, AE 27-28, 14.63g. RPC-12 (3 spec.); AMNG-132 corr., spec. 7; Varbanov-168 corr. Obv: IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AV (sic, G omitted) Bust laureate, cuirassed r. Rx: P M S C - O - L VIM around, AN XII in exergue, Moesia standing l. between bull and lion, holding branch and globe. Acquired from Nemesis Ancients, 22 April 2005. The bust type on this coin is usually cuirassed only, though AMNG-132, followed by Varbanov-168, calls it draped and cuirassed. According to AMNG there is a specimen in Venice with obverse legend ending just AV rather than AVG, as on our coin.
($150)