This rather new video from hairstyle historian Janet Stephens demonstrates the earlier "column" hairstyle of Herennia Etruscilla, the wife of Trajan Decius as depicted on this coin from my collection. Let's see your coins of Herennia Etruscilla! Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253. Roman AR Antoninianus; 4.28 g, 21.1 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 249-251. Obv: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, draped bust right on crescent, column-type coiffure (Sear type b; Temeryazev and Makarenko type 2) and wearing stephane. Rev: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia veiled, seated left, with scepter. Refs: RIC 59b; RSC 19; RCV 9495; CRE 546.
Nice video and coin. Here is another Herennia Etruscilla Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus, AD 249-251 Obv.: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust on crescent right Rev.: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia veiled standing left, drawing veil and holding sceptre Ag, 3.48g, 21.2mm Ref.: RIC 58b, C17 and a provincial: Herennia Etruscilla Ionia, Samos AE28 Obv.: ЄΡЄΝ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹЄB, Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent. Rev.: ϹΑΜΙΩΝ, Warrior advancing right, head left, with foot set upon prow right, extending hand and holding shield. Ae, 12.41g, 28 mm Ref.: RPC IX 682; BMC 363
Wait, based on what you said in the other thread -- and on my own Herennia Etruscilla coin -- are you sure that's not a stephane she's wearing, rather than a diadem, and rather than her hair sticking up like on my Sabina coin? Herennia Etruscilla (wife of Trajan Decius) AR Antoninianus, 249-251 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, Draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind / Rev. PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing left lifting her veil and holding scepter. RIC IV-3 58b, RSC IV 17. 21.77 mm., 3.82 g.
Herennia Etruscilla, (249-251 A.D.) Wife of Trajan Decius AE 28 of Viminacium, 14.2 grams Obverse: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, draped bust right, in stephane Reverse: PMS COL VIM, female figure (Provincia Moesia) standing, facing left, between bull and lion, AN XII in exergue Reference: BMC 32
Nice info, coin, and video! Roman Empire Herennia Etruscilla, 249-251 CE AR Denarius, 3.24g Obv: Head of Herennia Etruscilla right, crescent below "HER ETRVCILLA AVG" Rev: "FECVNDITAS AVG" Fecunditas standing left holding a cornucopiae and one hand out to a child at her feet. RSC 8 Ex Hans Schulman April 1962
Sorry, I must have gotten the description of your coin mixed up with the one the next person posted. Edited to add: OK, I'm relieved to learn that it wasn't my error -- I didn't realize that you revised your post, which originally described the coin as follows: Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-253. Roman AR Antoninianus; 4.28 g, 21.1 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 249-251. Obv: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent, column-type coiffure (Sear type b; Temeryazev and Makarenko type 2). Rev: PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia veiled, seated left, with scepter. Refs: RIC 59b; RSC 19; RCV 9495; CRE 546. So apparently I'm not losing my mind!
Wow, I watched the whole video, even though it is not applicable to me directly. Not even indirectly, as my 5 y/o daughter refuses even simple ponytails. In fact, she looks like Larissa, but without ampyx. Cng image. Ex BCD
Herennia Estruscilla Augusta AR Antoninianus 249-251 A.D. Rome O: HER ETRVSCILLA AVG - Draped bust right, wearing stephane, resting on crescent R: PUDICITIA AVG - Pudicitia standing left, holding scepter and with right hand, draws a veil from face RIC-58b, RSC 17
The coin pictured below is my only example with Herennia Etrascilla, it's a needle sharp strike in MS. Antioch - Syria, Herennia Etrascilla, AD 249-253. Billon Tetradrachm: 26 mm, 11.37 gm, 6 h.
There is a most interesting historical novel by Lindsey Davis about the hairdresser of the Imperial family in the days of Vespasian - Master and God. It's much more serious than her Falco series. But I can't show any Herenniae.
...very nice write up and coin(s)....this is about the purdiest portriat coin i own(in my opinion)..RC had to educate me on this one for i bought it originally as a Otacilla Severa ..thanks RC ^^
