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ID number:  BIRBI-R1761
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard
Maker:  Herennius Etruscus; Trajan Decius; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  250-251
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.57
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 685. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922, acquired through the British Museum, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Herennius Etruscus, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Sprinkler, simpulum, jug, and lituus.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: Q HEH ETP MES DECIVS NOB V (Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PIETAS AVGVSTORVM (Piety of the Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 143 (Trajan Decius)

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