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ID:     77000976
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Trajan Decius
Date Ruled:     AD 249-251
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 250
Weight:     4.49 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     D-ACIA
Reverse Description:     Dacia standing left, holding in right hand a staff surmounted by ass’s head
Mint:     Rome, 4th emission
Primary Reference:     RIC -
Reference2:     Calico 3286 (this coin illustrated)
Reference3:     Hunter -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115399
Grade:     EF, lustrous, weak strike in center of reverse
Notes:     Rare, and the sole example with this obverse legend/reverse type combination. Ex Higly Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002), lot 179; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 996.