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Æ18 - Trajan Decius COL AVG TROAD
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 249-251 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Trajan Decius facing right, portrayed three-quarter from the rear, with paludamentum visible over the left shoulder. The effigy exhibits the characteristic provincial die-cutting style of Alexandria Troas, with bold if somewhat crude rendering of the imperial portrait. The circumferential Latin legend runs around the bust within the coin's field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — formally Colonia Augusta Troas — established by Augustus and granted the rare privilege of ius Italicum, meaning its land was treated legally as Italian soil, exempt from provincial land tax. This status gave the city's coinage an unusual civic pride visible across the entire series. Trajan Decius, who ruled just two years before dying at the Battle of Abritus in 251 fighting the Goths, was among the last emperors to receive a substantial colonial bronze series from this mint before the city's output collapsed entirely in the third-century crisis.