Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ Double Sestertius (31.5mm, 25.30 g, 11h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 2nd-3rd emissions, late AD 249-mid 250. [IMP] C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / V[ICT]O[RIA AV]G, S C across field, Victory, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left. RIC IV 126a; Banti 29 (this coin illustrated); Gnecchi III 6, pl. 161, 4. Dark green-brown patina, chipping at edge. Near EF.
Purchased by the consignor from Harlan J. Berk.
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