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Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Trajan Decius. Semis.
249-251 AD. Semis, 4.26g (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: S - C Mars standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding vertical spear. Apparently rare with bust draped and cuirassed rather than just cuirassed: not in RIC or Cohen, not in Four Bad Years website, no clear example among about fifty specimens on CoinArchives Pro. RIC 228 (S). Cohen 102 (6 Fr.). Ex Bill Behnen Collection of coins of Trajan Decius and family. Purchased from Kay Coins, 30 June 1965. EF.
249-251 AD. Semis, 4.26g (6h). Rome. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: S - C Mars standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding vertical spear. Apparently rare with bust draped and cuirassed rather than just cuirassed: not in RIC or Cohen, not in Four Bad Years website, no clear example among about fifty specimens on CoinArchives Pro. RIC 228 (S). Cohen 102 (6 Fr.). Ex Bill Behnen Collection of coins of Trajan Decius and family. Purchased from Kay Coins, 30 June 1965. EF.