- Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire silver double denarius (antoninianus) coin.
- Struck for Empress Herennia Etruscilla at the Rome Mint 250/1 CE.
- Herennia Etruscilla was the wife of Emperor Trajan Decius and Mother of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian.
- Superb portrait!
- 3.70g, approx. 20mm, S-9494, RIC 58b, RSC 17.
- Certified by NGC to Ch AU Strike 4/5 Surface 3/5.
- Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, draped bust facing right.
- Reverse: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing left, drawing veil from face and holding transverse scepter.
- Pudicitia is Roman goddess of modesty and chastity. In imperial times altars were erected to Pudicitia in honour of the empresses.