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RIC IV Trajan Decius 224

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 224, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 251–251 AD. Obverse: bust of hostilian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of right hand snake coiled around altar and holding sceptre in left hand. Weight about 11.7 g.
obverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 224
obverse: Bust of Hostilian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 224
reverse: Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of right hand snake coiled around altar and holding sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 11.65g (1)
ruler Hostilian diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Hostilian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP CAE C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of right hand snake coiled around altar and holding sceptre in left hand

SALVS AVGVS S C
specimens (2)
British Museum 11.65g 6↕
British Museum (RIC IV)

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 224 (ric.4.tr_d.224), 251–251 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-trajan-decius-224/ (accessed: 2026-11-03). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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