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Æ27 - Trajan Decius PROVINCIA DACIA, AN IIII
| Issuer | Dacia (Roman provinces) |
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| Year | 249-250 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | PROVINCIA DACIA, AN IIII |
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| Mintage | ND (249-250) |
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Provincia Dacia was one of the few Roman provincial entities permitted to operate its own dated coinage, running an internal year count — the AN series — that began in 246 AD under Philip I, who created the province as a consolidated administrative unit from the three older Dacian districts. AN IIII places this piece in 249–250, the opening months of Trajan Decius's reign, a man who himself had Danubian roots and whose provincial connections made him unusually attentive to the region.
The series is notable for its unbroken continuity through rapid imperial succession — Philip I, Philip II, Trajan Decius, and Trebonianus Gallus all appear within it, the annual date providing an administrative anchor regardless of who held Rome.