Live auction - brm_854369 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 925 € |
| Maximum bid : | 945 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 14:49:57 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan mince, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C Q HER ETR MES DECIO AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hérennius Étruscus Auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Étruscus Decius Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Quintus Hérennius Messius Dèce auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA GERMANICA.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Germanica”, (La Victoire germanique).
Historical background
HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
(spring 250-06/251)
Son of Trajan Decius - Augustus
Hérennius received the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and became august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, to go and fight the Goths with his father. He found death there. Trajan Decius was the first emperor to die in battle. The Christians saw it as a sign of divine vengeance..
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