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Trajan Decius (AD 249-251), Sestertius, 29.8 gms., mint of Rome, AD 249, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, rev. Virtus seated left on cuirass holding branch and spear (RIC 109a), good very fine with a mediun green patina, a full medallic strike on a planchet probably intended for a Double Sestertius, as this piece weighs exactly the same as the Breitbart specimen of that denomination described earlier in this catalogue