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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R1730 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard Maker: Herennia Etruscilla; Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.06 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 682. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922. Acquired through the British Museum, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Herennia Etruscilla, wearing diadem, draped and on crescent, facing r. Reverse: Pudicitia, draped and veiled, standing facing l., drawing veil with r., holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLΛ ΛVG (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta). Reverse: PVDICITIE AVG (Modesty of the Empress).
Bibliography: RIC IV 58b (Trajan Decius)
Notes: Indent on obverse which may indicate silver plating crumbling.
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