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ID number: BIRBI-R1767 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: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 250-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.32 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1100. In Paris, 1929. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Herennius Etruscus, bare, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mercury, nude except for cloak on shoulders, standing facing l., holding purse in r. and caduceus in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C (Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PIETAS AVGG S C (Piety of the Emperors; S C -Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 167b (Trajan Decius)
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