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Æ21 - Trajan Decius ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
| Uitgever | Ephesus (Ionia) |
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| Jaar | 249-251 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Trajan Decius facing right, rendered in three-quarter rear view, a presentation typical of mid-third century provincial coinage. The imperial effigy displays the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder and the muscled cuirass, conveying military authority. The surrounding Greek legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. The portrait style reflects the vigorous, somewhat austere engraving characteristic of the Ephesian civic mint under Decius. The flan shows the green patination consistent with provincial Æ coinage of the period. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Trajan Decius) |
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Trajan Decius ruled for barely two years before dying at the Battle of Abrittus in 251 — the first Roman emperor killed in battle by a foreign enemy. His reign was marked by the first empire-wide persecution of Christians, requiring all citizens to sacrifice to the Roman gods and obtain a signed certificate of compliance. Ephesus, still one of the wealthiest cities in Asia Minor, continued issuing civic bronzes under his reign as it had for emperors before him.
The IX#629 reference places this within the standard Ephesian civic series, a prolific mint whose output across the third century remains only partially catalogued.