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Double-sestertius with bust of Trajan II Decius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 249–251
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze (with traces of silvering)
Dimensions
Diameter: 39.5 mm. Weight: 45.18 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1970.437
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right.
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Reverse: Felicitas standing to left, holding a caduceus in right hand and a horn of plenty in the left.
FELICITASSAECVLI in field: S C
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Reverse: Felicitas standing to left, holding a caduceus in right hand and a horn of plenty in the left.
FELICITASSAECVLI in field: S C
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 482, partial); by 1968: with Spink and Son, Ltd., 5-7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; purchased by MFA from Spink and Son, Ltd., September 16, 1970