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250 NGC Ch AU Herennia Etruscilla Double Denarius Roman Empire Pudicitia (25110401C)

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  • 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.