Troas, Ilion, Trajan Decius
220,00 €
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.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE9 |
| Weight [g]: | 3,64 |
| Grade: | F/gF |
| Attribution: | not in known references |
| Commentary: | very rare; bronze and black surfaces |
Historical Context
Siege of Troy and the Homeric heroes were familiar motifs to the Romans which saw in the Trojan Aenaeas the mythical ancestral founding hero.
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