Title
Coin: as of Herennia Etruscilla
Date
249-251 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Third Century
Discovery Site: Minted in Rome, Italy
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: Blockley Collection
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: orichalcum; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 21 mm in diameter, 3 mm thick, 6.352 grams
Description
Obverse legend: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG(usta), translation: Herennia Etrusca Augusta; draped, diademed, bust of Herennia Etruscilla facing right. Reverse legend: PVDICITIA AVG(ustae) ex S(enatus)C(onsulto), translation: the modesty of the Augusta by decree of the Senate; figure of Pudicita seated and veiled facing left, with right hand drawing veil and left hand holding sceptre; mint mark in exergue: SC. RIC IV.III, p. 137, no. 136c
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 986.1.7
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-7
Source
Cataloguer: Jasmin Song Holtz, University of Ottawa
Rights
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