NGC AU ROMAN COINS Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253. AR Double-Denarius. MAX/022

  

Dear Customers, you will receive exactly the same item which you see on the pictures, not similar or other. Please read the description carefully and review the photos. Empress of the Roman Empire. Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla was an Augusta.

And later regent of the Roman Empire. And mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus. She served as regent of the Roman Empire during the reign of her son Hostilian in 251. Possible marble statue of Herennia Etruscilla. As with most third-century Roman empresses, very little is known about her. She was probably from a senatorial family. It is assumed that her ancestors settled in Etrurian. Herennia married Decius probably before 230 and gained the title Augusta when Decius became emperor 249. When Decius and Herennius were defeated and killed in the Battle of Abrittus.

In 251, she became regent during the minority of her thirteen-year-old son Hostilian. Hostilian died of the plague later that year, thus ending her mandate as regent.

She sank into obscurity after her sons perished. While information about her is scarce, coins with her portrait are numerous and easy to obtain. Legends on coins struck at Rome only ever give her name as'Herennia Etruscilla' but billon.

Supply the Cupressenia element in abbreviation: C (ER KOUP AITROUSKILA, transliterated from the Greek), showing that her full name was Herennia Cup(ressenia) Etruscilla. The Cupressenia element is expanded from the'' in the Alexandria coin legends, from the Latin cupresseus cypress tree. The item "NGC AU ROMAN COINS Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253. MAX/022" is in sale since Tuesday, November 24, 2020.

This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Ancient\Roman\ Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)".bean_medals" and is located in Riga, centrs. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
2. Modified Item: No
3. Certification Number: 5770894-007
4. Certification: NGC
5. Date: AD 249-253
6. Grade: AU
7. Year: AD 249-253
8. Composition: Silver
9. Ruler: Herennia Etruscilla
10. Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
11. Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
12. Denomination: Denarius
13. KM Number: 5770894-007
14. Era: Ancient