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Herennia Etruscilla
Annia Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla
(AD xxx - 249 - 253 - xxx)

Herennia Etruscilla Moesia
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze - Æ 25-26 mm - 12,1 grams - Die Axis 12:00 - Struck AD 250-251.
1. HER ET[R]VSCILLA AVG (Herennia Estruscilla Augusta).
Draped and diademed bust of empress facing right. Hair wavy.
2. [PMS] C-OL VIM (Provincia Moesia Superior, Colonia Viminacium - Province of Upper Moesia, City of Viminacium). Moesia, in Chiton, wearing headdress with drapery attached, standing facing us. Her arm outstretched protective over (at her right) a standing bull (symbol of Legio VII) and (at her left) a standing lion (symbol for Legio III). Her right arm is has a ceremonial scarf draped over it. Both animals are facing Moesia in the center.
2.b AN XII (Anno XII - Year 12 of obtaining colonial status).
Wife of Trajanus Decius. She survived her husband and probably remained augusta during Trebanonianus Gallus' reign.
Provincially minted in Viminacium, Moesia Superior.

Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good - Thick.