249-251 AD Roman Empire Trajan Decius AR (Silver) Double-Denarius (4.05g) rv Dacia Standing (NGC MS) Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5

Authentic Ancient Silver Coin

  • Lot number 2007923
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  • Winning bid $238.00
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  • Total $278.46
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Over 1,500 year old ancient silver Roman coin. Coin has been authenticated, encapsulated and graded based on condition, strike and surface by NGC.

Decius, in full Gaius Messius Quintus Decius, (born c. 201, Budalia, Pannonia Inferior [near modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia]—died June 251, Abrittus, Moesia [modern Razgrad, Bulgaria]), Roman emperor (249–251) who fought the Gothic invasion of Moesia and instituted the first organized persecution of Christians throughout the empire.

Although Decius’s origins are not known, it is certain that he was a senator and a consul before acceding to the throne. About 245 the emperor Philip the Arabian entrusted him with a command on the Danube; there, in 249, Decius was proclaimed emperor, allegedly against his will. After killing Philip in battle near Verona, Decius took the field against the Goths, who had crossed the Danube and overrun Moesia and Thrace. The final engagement in this campaign, which took place on swampy ground at Abrittus in the Dobruja, in June 251, ended in the defeat and death of Decius and his son, Herennius. Evidently, while absent from Rome, Decius had selected the future emperor Valerian to direct the government, but Gallus (251–253) was his immediate successor.

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