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ID number: BIRBI-R1757 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: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 9.07 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1449. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Herennia Etruscilla, wearing diadem, draped and on crescent, facing r. Reverse: Pudicitia, draped and veiled, seated facing l., drawing veil with r., holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HERΠNNIΠ ETΠVῆCILLΛ EVC (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta). Reverse: PVŋICI_IA AVG (Modesty of the Empress). In Exergue: N C (S C - Translation Disputed)
Bibliography: RIC IV 136d (Trajan Decius)
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