Trajan Decius. Antoninianus

Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Antioch, Antoninianus, 3.47g. Officina number var. of RIC-46 (R); C-98 (6 Fr.). Obv: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed r.; four dots below (the first one weak). Rx: PVDICITIA AVG Pudicitia seated l., pulling veil over head and holding transverse scepter. A reverse type of Herennia Etruscilla at Rome, but Antioch used it quite regularly for Decius too. Purchased from Byzantium Numismatists, UK, 10 November 1993. Antoniniani of Decius struck at Antioch are all rare. RIC only lists this coin with no dots or one dot below the emperor's bust, but other specimens with four dots, as on our piece, are in the 249-253 AD website and in CoinArchives Pro.. Fine+