E-auction 604-575533 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier un peu court sur les légendes à l’usure important, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue, d'Hérennius Étrusucs à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : "Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Quintus Hérennius Étruscus Messius Dèce Noble César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS// SC.
Reverse description : Apollon à demi nu assis à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite et accoudé à une lyre.
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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