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Live starting : Type : Double sesterce ou médaillon
Date: 250
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 33,72 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de l’Imperatrice. Fine usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Étruscille à droite, posé sur un croissant, vu de trois quarts en avant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Herennia Etruscilla Augusta” (Herennia Étruscille augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PVDICITIA AVG/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Pudicitia (la Pudeur) drapée et voilée assise à gauche, relevant son voile de la main droite et tenant un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pudicitia Augustæ” (La Pudeur de l'augusta).
Commentary
Dans la seconde édition du Cohen, le double sesterce de Trajan Dèce cotait 30 francs or alors que celui d’Etruscille était estimé à 80 francs or.
In the second edition of Cohen's work, the double sestertius of Trajan Decius was valued at 30 gold francs, while that of Etruscillus was estimated at 80 gold francs.
In the second edition of Cohen's work, the double sestertius of Trajan Decius was valued at 30 gold francs, while that of Etruscillus was estimated at 80 gold francs.
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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