Description: Herennia Etruscilla, wife of Trajan Decius (249 - 251 AD). AR Antoninianus. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG; diademed, draped bust right on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG; Pudicitia seated left, holding sceptre and drawing back her veil.

Diameter: AR22 mm

Weight: 3,38 g

Grade: EF/VF

Attribution: RIC IV 59b

Commentary: sharp details, well centered, minor flan cracks

History: After her husband and older son were killed in the Battle of Abrittus by Goths, Trebonianus Gallus seized power, and her younger son died of plague; Herennia Etruscilla fate is unknown.

Article Number: 016-06-02-41652