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LOT 3219
Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 249. IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing to left, holding staff topped with head of ass; S C across fields. RIC IV 101b; Cohen 22. Very Fine. Tooled.(15.41gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK.
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