Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta July 249 - April/August AD 253?)

Herennia Etruscilla was the wife of Trajan Decius and mother of Herennia Etruscus and Hostilian. As with most third century Roman empresses, very little about her is known. She lived to sink into obscurity after her husband and sons perished. She probably retained the title of Augusta under Trebonianus Gallus and coins may have been struck for her as late as AD 253.

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Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022437

Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus
Silver, 3.63 grams, 21.70 mm. Rome. 250-251 AD. Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed, draped bust right on crescent. Reverse: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing left holding sceptre and drawing veil from her face. RIC 58b; Sear 9494; RSC 17. Extremely fine.

£60.00

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Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022437
Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022434

Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus
Silver, 4.30 grams, 22.64 mm. Rome. 250-251 AD. Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed, draped bust right on crescent. Reverse: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing left holding sceptre and drawing veil from her face. RIC 58b; Sear 9494; RSC 17. Extremely fine.

£60.00

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Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022434
Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022139

Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus
Silver, 3.74 grams, 23.47 mm. Rome. 250-251 AD. Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed, draped bust right on crescent. Reverse: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated left, holding sceptre and drawing veil from her face. RIC 59b; RSC 19; Sear 9495. Good very fine/very fine.

£50.00

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Herennia Etruscilla 'Pudicitia' Antoninianus 022139


Main Roman Coin Book and Other References:

RIC = Mattingly, Harold    The Roman Imperial Coinage
BMC = Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum
RSC = Seaby, H A    Roman Silver Coinage
RCV = Sear, David R    Roman Coins and Their Values
Cr = Crawford, Michael    The Roman Republican Coinage
SB = Sear, David R    Byzantine Coins and Their Values
S = Coins of England and the United Kingdom
WW = Wildwinds.com (reference & attribution site)



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