Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Maiorina - Decentius as Caesar VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, Lugdunum
| Issuer | Western provinces, Usurpations of |
|---|---|
| Year | 351-353 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 4.34 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Two Victories standing facing one another, each winged and draped, jointly supporting between them a large wreath inscribed in four lines with the votive legend VOT V MVLT X. The letters S and P appear in the lower centre field, serving as a secondary officina or control mark. The mint signature and officina letter appear in the exergue. A beaded border frames the entire composition, with the reverse legend VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE distributed around the periphery. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Decentius was elevated to Caesar by his brother Magnentius in 351, almost certainly to shore up control of the Rhine frontier while Magnentius moved forces east to confront Constantius II. The experiment ended badly at the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, after which Magnentius took his own life; Decentius, learning of the defeat while still in Gaul, hanged himself shortly after. The Lugdunum mint — one of the most productive in the western empire — ceased striking in their names immediately.