E-auction 78-38654 - brm_338681 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 17 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 October 2014 15:00:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et court mais parfaitement centré. Joli portrait à l’usure régulière. Patine grise aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hérennius à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Quintus Hérennius Étruscus Messius Dèce très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTORVM.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : aspersoir, simpulum, vase à sacrifices (capis), patère et lituus.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (La Piété des augustes).
Historical background
HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
(spring 250-06/251)
Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar
Hérennius receives the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and becomes august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, to go and fight the Goths with his father. He will find death there.
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