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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4790935, member: 19463&quot;]I find the &#039;history&#039; and &#039;historical fiction&#039; of this period too hard to separate and suspect Decius&#039; disfavor with the Christian historians was related to his role in killing Philip whom they credited as being either Christian or very favorable to the Christians.&nbsp; If true, I suspect the latter.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, in a numismatic sense, Decius is notable for his wide range of bronze coins adding the double sestertius and semis to the usual denominations.&nbsp; My double sestertius is one of the worst and struck on a small flan.&nbsp; The finest ones are huge and gorgeous reportedly having sold extremely high prices privately in the high end market.&nbsp; There are also equally impressive doubles for Herennia Etrucilla.</p><p>Mine is 32.5g.&nbsp; The largest are over 40g.</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266302" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266302</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164236[/ATTACH]</p><p>My semis is rather ordinary also but seemed to be something I needed.</p><p>2.7g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164237[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE coins of Decius are known in a wide range of weights which strike me as requiring a great deal more study to&nbsp; make sense.&nbsp; I have no as.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dupondius 7.5g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sestertius 18.1g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164239[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sestertius 14.3g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertius 11.2g,&nbsp; (lightest I have seen - The flan seems better for a dupondius.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164238[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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