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Tetradrachm - Trajan Decius
| Uitgever | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Jaar | 249-250 |
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| Valuta | Drachm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Radiate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Trajan Decius facing right, draped over the left shoulder, set within a dotted border. The emperor is depicted wearing a radiate crown with clearly rendered spikes, and the paludamentum is visible at the shoulder. A Greek imperial titulature legend surrounds the effigy, reading from upper left to lower right. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The god Serapis stands facing, turned slightly to the right, wearing a modius (kalathos) atop his head and a long chiton with himation draped about the lower body. He holds a long sceptre or staff in his left hand, his right arm raised slightly. The regnal year date is indicated in the field, with L to the left and A to the right, denoting Year 1 of Trajan Decius's reign. A dotted border frames the design. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Trajan Decius came to power after his troops proclaimed him emperor and then defeated and killed Philip the Arab at Verona in September 249 — one of the faster imperial coups of the third century. Alexandria's mint responded almost immediately, integrating the new name into its regnal dating system tied to the Egyptian calendar year. The city's billon tetradrachms by this point contained so little silver that they functioned essentially as fiduciary tokens, their acceptance dependent entirely on imperial authority rather than intrinsic metal value.
Decius was dead by June 251, killed fighting the Goths at the Battle of Abritus — the first Roman emperor to fall in battle against a foreign enemy.