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RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A, Bronze, struck at Rome, 251–251 AD. Obverse: bust of hostilian, head bare, draped, right. Reverse: hostilian, in military attire, standing left, holding standard in right hand and spear reversed in left hand. Weight about 18.8 g, diameter 28.7 mm.
obverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A
obverse: Bust of Hostilian, head bare, draped, right
reverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A
reverse: Hostilian, in military attire, standing left, holding standard in right hand and spear reversed in left hand
mint Rome weight 18.80g (5)
ruler Trajan Decius diameter ⌀28.7 (3)
denomination — axis 12↕ (5)
material Bronze 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 C
reverse

Hostilian, in military attire, standing left, holding standard in right hand and spear reversed in left hand

PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C
specimens (5)
KENOM 20.30g 11↕
American Numismatic Society 18.52g ⌀30.0 12↕
American Numismatic Society 17.19g ⌀29.0 12↕
American Numismatic Society 16.69g ⌀27.0 12↕
RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A, Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Art Museums 21.30g 12↕

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 216A (ric.4.tr_d.216A), 251–251 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-trajan-decius-216a/ (accessed: 2026-11-04). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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