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
Dionysus holding thyrsus and Ariadne holding branch and grapes, both seated in biga drawn by panthers, right; above, Eros flying right, holding torch
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΚΕ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΚΑΙ ϹΤΕΦΑΝΗ,
ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ (Translation: under Aurelius Apphianos II, also called Atheniaos, first archon and stephanephoros, of the Maeonians)