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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2976440, member: 36818&quot;]Another one of my favorites. An admirable portrait of Decius, better than most:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]731420[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan Decius.</b> 249–51 CE. AR antoninianus, Rome mint, struck 249–51; 3.95g. RIC IV 12b, RSC IV 16. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right. Rx: DACIA; Dacia, standing left, holding staff surmounted with head of ass.* Old cabinet tone; EF.</p><p><br /></p><p>*As Van Meter points out, “Cohen describes the staff as surmounted by the head of an ass. This is actually a Draco battle standard indigenous among Dacian troops.”</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex The CG Collection of Roman Coins, NAC 80, 20 October 2014, lot 186</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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