- Almost Uncirculated Emperor Trajan Decius Roman Empire silver double denarius or antoninianus coin.
- Struck at the Rome Mint between 250 to 251 CE.
- RIC 28b, RSC 105, S-9384, 4.43g (heavy flan), approx. 22mm.
- Superb portrait of Decius with radiate crown.
- Original luster present.
- Certified by NGC to AU, Strike 3/5, Surface 5/5.
- Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust facing right.
- Reverse: VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing left, holding purse or cow's udder and cornucopia.
- Uberitas was an agricultural fertility goddess and she personifies abundance, richness and fruitfulness. She was introduced by Decius in AD 249. She is usually depicted holding a purse (marsupium - pouch), various interpretations also refer to this object as a bundle of grapes or an udder.
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