Details
LOT 2908
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / DACIA FELI[X], Dacia standing to left, holding ensign; S C across fields. RIC IV 114b; Cohen 35. Near Very Fine.(16.96gr, 28mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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