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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1765
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Herennius Etruscus; Trajan Decius; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  251
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.54
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3621. Seaby, 1960.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Herennius Etruscus, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, running facing r., holding wreath in r. and palm sloped over l. shoulder in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP G Q HER ETP MES DLCIU ΛVC (Imperator Gauis Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, Augustus). Reverse: IIIGTUHIΛ GEUΛΛHNICA (Victory over the German people).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 154 (Trajan Decius)

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Trajan Decius
Roman

251
Herennius Etruscus
Roman

251
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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