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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4413396, member: 96898&quot;]Wonderful coins, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius certainly is an interesting historical figure, and I&#039;m particularly partial to the provincial references on his coins. Below are Dacia, the two Pannoniae, and the Genius of the Illyrian army.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108008[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Trajan Decius, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; bust of Trajan Decius, draped, cuirassed, and laureate, r. Rev: DACIA: Dacia standing left, holding draco. 22mm, 3.66g. Ref: RIC IV Traian Decius 12. Ex Frascatius Ancients.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1108009[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Trajan Decius, Roman Empire, antoninian, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; bust of Trajan Decius, radiate, draped and cuirassed, r. Obv: GENIUS EXERC ILLVRICIANI; Genius of the Illyrian army standing l., holding patera and cornucopia, modius on head, standard to r. 23mm, 4.67g. Ref: RIC IV Trajan Decius 16. Ex H. D. Rauch (Vienna), auction 50, lot 424.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1108010[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Trajan Decius, Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, bust of Trajan Decius, draped and radiate, r. Rev: PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae standing, holding standards. 23mm, 4.14g. Ref: RIC IV,3 Trajan Decius 21b. Ex Warren Esty; ex PMV Inc., &quot;Late Summer List&quot; 1982, lot 94; ex Dorset County Museum.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this antoninianus of Herennia Etruscilla from Frank Robinson&#039;s last bargain list:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108006[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Herennia Etruscilla, Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 249–251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG; bust of Herennia Etruscilla, diademed, draped, on crescent, r. Rev: PVDICITIA AVG; Pudicitia, draped, veiled, standing l., drawing veil with r. hand, holding sceptre in l. hand. 22mm, 4.13g. Ref: RIC IV Trajan Decius 58. Ex Frank S. Robinson, bargain list April 2020, lot 178.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>As most of us, not counting [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] &#039;s and [USER=103599]@Jims Coins[/USER]&#039; terrific and jealousy-inducing examples, I lack an Imperial Hostilian. Since I don&#039;t really collect Roman provincial coinage, I also didn&#039;t swerve to Viminacium for him. Yet, I have a Herennius Etruscus with a Mercury reverse. Apart from Imperial coin reverses showing Vulcan, Mercury is the most difficult one to find of the twelve <i>Dii Consentes</i>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108007[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Herennius Etruscus, Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 251 AD, Rome mint. Obv: bust of Herennius Etruscus, radiate, draped, r. Rev: PIETAS AVGG; Mercury, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing l., holding purse and caduceus. 20mm, 3.17g. Ref: RIC IV Trajan Decius 142. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 201 (their picture).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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