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E-auction 90-46212 - bpv_312287 - HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 135 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 January 2015 16:20:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait à l’usure importante. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine vert d’eau, légèrement granuleuse au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HER ETRVSCILLA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Étruscille à droite (L5).
Obverse translation : “Herennia Etruscilla Augusta”, (Herennia.
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M S C-OL VIM//AN XII.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche, placée devant un taureau à gauche tourné à droite et un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium/ anno duodecimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium/ an douzième).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Pour l’an 12, A. Kotschev a recensé vingt-neuf sesterces avec huit coins de droit pour l’ensemble des variétés avec un poids moyen de 13,21 g.
Historical background
HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA
(+251)
Wife of Trajan Decius, Mother of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian - Augusta
Étruscille comes from the Italian aristocracy. She was about forty years old when she received the title of augusta in 249, as part of the second issue of Trajan Decius. The following year, his eldest son Herennius Etruscus received the title of Caesar, then was proclaimed august when his father left to fight the Goths. They will both find death there. Before leaving, Trajan Decius names Caesar his second son, Hostilian, who is proclaimed august after the death of his father and his brother, perhaps at the instigation of the new august, Trebonian Galle. Étruscille, who remained in Rome, continues to be associated with coinage. Hostilian died at the end of the summer or at the beginning of the autumn of 251, victim of the plague or of his protector, Trebonian Galle, who hastened to proclaim his son Volusian august. Etruscille disappears from the coinage. She retreats into private life or is perhaps murdered, history does not say.
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