E-auction 10-2289 - bpv_130967 - HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 77 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 June 2013 17:33:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Viminacium, Mésie Supérieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,00 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 12,97 g.
Coments on the condition:
Portrait réaliste. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Jolie patine vert jade clair épaisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HER E-TR-VSCILLA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Étruscille à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : “Herennia Etruscilla Augusta”, (Herennia Étruscille augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M - S - CO-L VIM//AN XII.
Reverse description : La Mésie debout de face tournée à gauche levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la main gauche au-dessus d'un bœuf à gauche tourné à droite et d'un lion à droite tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Provinciæ Moesiæ Superioris Colonia Viminacium anno duodecimum”, (Province de Mésie Supérieure colonie de Viminacium, l’an douzième).
Commentary
Ce grand bronze présente un nouveau type de revers où la Mésie ressemble à Sol.
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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