Lot 3882

Description

Herennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius, (249-251 A.D.), silver antoninianus, issued 251 A.D., Antioch Mint, 4.12 grams, RIC -, C.-, Obv. Diademed bust draped to r., of Herennia Etruscilla resting on a crescent, HER ETRVSCILLA AVG around, Rev. PANNONIAE around, Pannonia veiled standing facing turned to half l., looking r. holding standard holding helmet in l. hand partly raised. Very fine, apparently unpublished and extremely rare as such (429).

This issue is unpublished and is a Mule between an obverse of Herennia Etruscilla and either Herennius Etruscus or Hostilian both issuing coins in 251 A.D. with this reverse (RIC 158 & 195). The issue was struck at the Antioch mint.