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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 4145596, member: 42773"]Here's the same type issued by Viminacium for Herennia Etruscilla <span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited</span>. Very little is known of Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, besides the fact that she was the wife of Trajan Decius and Roman Empress. She was the mother of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian. When Decius and Herennius were killed in the Battle of Abrittus, she very briefly became regent during the minority of Hostillian, but when Hostillian died of the plague, Herennia sank into obscurity. We only know her full name from the inscriptions on Alexandrian tets: ΕΡ ΚΟΥΠ ΑΙΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΑ, ΚΟΥΠ expanding to Cupressenia, referring to the Cypress tree, a symbol of Juno.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071483[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium.</p><p>Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251</p><p>Obv.: HER ETRUSCILLA AVG; Diademed, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev.: PMS COL VIM; Moesia standing between bull and lion // AN XII (= AD 250/1)</p><p>Reference: Moushmov 48[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 4145596, member: 42773"]Here's the same type issued by Viminacium for Herennia Etruscilla [COLOR=#ff4d4d]edited[/COLOR]. Very little is known of Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, besides the fact that she was the wife of Trajan Decius and Roman Empress. She was the mother of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian. When Decius and Herennius were killed in the Battle of Abrittus, she very briefly became regent during the minority of Hostillian, but when Hostillian died of the plague, Herennia sank into obscurity. We only know her full name from the inscriptions on Alexandrian tets: ΕΡ ΚΟΥΠ ΑΙΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΑ, ΚΟΥΠ expanding to Cupressenia, referring to the Cypress tree, a symbol of Juno. [ATTACH=full]1071483[/ATTACH] MOESIA SUPERIOR, Viminacium. Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251 Obv.: HER ETRUSCILLA AVG; Diademed, draped bust right. Rev.: PMS COL VIM; Moesia standing between bull and lion // AN XII (= AD 250/1) Reference: Moushmov 48[/QUOTE]
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