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Maiorina - Decentius VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, Arelate
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Arelate (Western Roman Empire) |
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| Year | 351-353 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Decentius facing right, portrayed as a youthful Caesar with finely striated hair combed forward over the brow. The emperor wears a beaded paludamentum fastened at the shoulder, with the cuirass visible at the truncation. A control letter A appears in the left field behind the bust. The encircling Latin legend reads D N DECENTIVS CAESAR within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N DECENTIVS CAESAR |
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Decentius was the brother of the usurper Magnentius, elevated to Caesar in 351 to help hold the western provinces as Constantius II pressed his campaign to reclaim the throne. The Arelate mint — modern Arles — was one of the primary production centers for the Magnentian regime, and issues bearing both rulers' names were a deliberate assertion of dynastic legitimacy against a sitting emperor. When Magnentius was defeated at the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, Decentius hanged himself days later, abruptly ending the mint's output of this type.