Live auction - brm_965430 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Sesterce
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| Starting price : | 125 € |
| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 125 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 January 2025 15:29:42 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 18,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Usure fine et régulière. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue, d'Hérennius Étruscus à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°01).
Obverse translation : "Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Nobilissimus Cæsar" (Quintus Hérennius Étruscus Messius Dèce, très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Hérennius debout à gauche en habit militaire tenant une baguette de la main droite et une haste transversale de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Principi Iuventutis" (Au prince de la jeunesse).
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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