TRAJAN DECIUS. 249-251 AD. Æ Double Sestertius (36.54 gm). IMP C M Q 
      TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS 
      SAECVLI, S C across field, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding 
      caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 115c; Cohen 40. Good VF, black patina, 
      edge split. ($2000) From the Robert Schonwalter Collection. Ex Edward Gans 
      List No. 26, 6305. The double sestertius denomination was introduced by 
      Decius in response to declining weights in the aes coinage. The innovation 
      was not continued under his successors, with the exception of Postumus' 
      double sestertii.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2090.

 Lot was unsold.


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