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RIC IV Trajan Decius 178C

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 178C, Antoninianus, Silver, struck at Rome, 251–251 AD. Obverse: bust of hostilian, radiate, 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 Antoninianus axis ↕ (0)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Hostilian, radiate, draped, right

C VALES HOS MES QVINTVS N C
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 178C (ric.4.tr_d.178C), 251–251 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-trajan-decius-178c/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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