Augusta, A.D. 249-253(?)
Silver Double Denarius
Rome mint
Obv: HER ETRVS-CILLA AVG
Rev: PVDICITIA AVG - Pudicitia, veiled, seated left, holding scepter
RIC (Trajan Decius) 59(b)
24mm, 4.6g.
Herennia Etruscilla was the wife of Trajan Decius and the mother of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian, both future rulers. It is believed that her reign as Augusta continued even after her husband’s death in A.D. 251. Unfortunately, little else is known about her.
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