Ancient World Roman Empire Trajan Decius AV Aureus 249 - 251 A.D.
Gold 4.44g 20mm; Rome mint, 4th officina. 2nd-3rd emission, AD 249-250. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Trajan Decius on horseback left, raising right hand in salutation, holding transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 11a; Calicó 3283a; Hunter 5; Biaggi 1392 var. (bust type)