Laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus)
Reverse description
Nude Dionysus seated in biga drawn by panthers, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; behind panthers, maenad dancing, facing, head, right, holding a tympanum in each hand
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ Β ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β Κ ϹΤΕΦΑΝΗΦ,
ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ (Translation: under Aurelius Apphianos II, first archon for the second time and stephanephoros, of the Maeonians)