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Follis - Decentius VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, Rome
| Issuer | Western provinces, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 351-352 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VIII#219, OCRE#ric.8.rom.219 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, cuirassed bust of the usurper Decentius facing right, rendered in the late Roman military portrait style. The effigy displays close-cropped hair and prominent facial features characteristic of mid-fourth-century imperial portraiture. The cuirass is rendered with surface detail suggesting scale or plate armour. The encircling Latin legend reads MAG DECENTIVS NOB CAES, identifying him as Magnus Decentius, Noble Caesar. The flan is irregular and slightly off-centre, as typical of hand-struck issues of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAG DECENTIVS NOB CAES |
| Reverse description | Two winged Victories, draped, stand facing one another in the field, each grasping a large wreath held between them. Within the wreath is the votive inscription VOT / V / MVLT / X, commemorating the fifth vow and anticipating the tenth anniversary of Decentius's reign. The composition is symmetrical and occupies the full reverse field, in the tradition of late Roman votive reverse types. The surrounding legend VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES proclaims the victories of the lords, the Augustus and Caesar. A mint mark appears in the exergue identifying the Rome workshop. |
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