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ID number: BIRBI-R1756 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Herennia Etruscilla; Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 17.19 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 499. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Herennia Etruscilla, wearing diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pudicitia, draped and veiled, seated facing l., drawing veil with r., holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HEPENNVA INƆVSCILLΔ ΛVC (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta). Reverse: PVDICITIΛ AVG (Modesty of the Empress). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed)
Bibliography: RIC IV 136b (Trajan Decius)
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