Troas, Ilion, Trajan Decius
Description:
Troas, Ilion, Trajan Decius (249 - 251 AD). AΥT K MEC TΡAI ΔEKIOC; laureate cuirassed bust right / ΙΛΙΕΩΝ ΘEOI, ΕΚΤΩΡ (in ex.); Hector, brandishing shield and spear, looking back, in biga right.
Diameter:
AE21 mm
Weight:
3,64 g
Grade:
F/gF
Attribution:
not in known references
Commentary:
very rare; bronze and black surfaces
History:
Siege of Troy and the Homeric heroes were familiar motifs to the Romans which saw in the Trojan Aenaeas the mythical ancestral founding hero.
Article Number:
059-03-08-42384