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RIC IV Trajan Decius 178A

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 178A, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 251–251 AD. Obverse: bust of hostilian, head bare, draped, right. Reverse: mercury, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand. Weight about g.
mint Rome weight g (0)
ruler Trajan Decius diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Aureus axis ↕ (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Hostilian, head bare, draped, right

C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N S
reverse

Mercury, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand

PIETAS AVGG

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 178A (ric.4.tr_d.178A), 251–251 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-trajan-decius-178a/ (accessed: 2026-09-16). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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