Herennia Etruscilla

850.00

1 in stock

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Description

Rome, 249-251 AD. Æ sestertius, 17.18 gr., 28.7 mm.

Obv: HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA AUG; diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to the right.

Rev: FECUNDITAS AUG; Fecunditas standing to the left, child at feet left and holding cornucopiae; across fields: S C.

Ref: RIC (Decius) 134a. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (2012), lot 2704.
Very fine.

A particular artistic rendering of the Empress.