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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4791304, member: 87404"]Here are my two coins: <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200207_114526858.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Trajan Decius, Ruled 249-251 ADAE Sestertius, Stuck 249/250 AD, RomeObverse: IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, slight drapery on far shoulder, viewed from the front.Reverse: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, S-C across fields.References: RIC 108a (var cuirassed, front bust)Size: 29mm, 20.8gScarce obverse legend and a rare bust type.cf: Triskeles Auction, Sale 16 (6/3/2016), Lot #299 <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/collagemaker_20190427_132904052.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Trajan Decius, Ruled 249-251 ADAR Antoninianus, Struck 249-250 ADObverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on far shoulder.Reverse: GENIVS EXERC ILLVRICIANI (Genius of the Illyrian army), Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; standard to right.References: RIC IV 16c, RSC 49Ex: Stack’s Bowers (Coin Galleries) Mail Bid Sale, April 1997, lot #512[/QUOTE]