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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4412496, member: 110350&quot;]I&#039;ve posted a lot recently about the SAECVLARES AVGG and other animal-reverse antoniniani issued in the name of Philip I and his family.&nbsp; But I haven&#039;t seen anyone post lately about the coins of the next imperial family -- that of Trajan Decius, who defeated and succeeded Philip.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are antoniniani of Trajan Decius, his wife Herennia Etruscilla, and their son Herennius Etruscus.&nbsp; (Unfortunately, I have no coins of their other son, Hostilian.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus,&nbsp; Obv. Radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed, IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG/ Rev. Uberitas stdg. left, holding purse and cornucopiae, VBERITAS AVG. RIC IV-3 28b, RSC IV 105, Sear RCV III 9384. 23 mm., 4.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>(As I recall, this was the first Roman Imperial coin I ever bought as an adult, at a coin show sometime in the mid-1980s.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107808[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; 21.77 mm., 3.82 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107810[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Herennius Etruscus Caesar AR Antoninianus, 250 AD. Obv. Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate draped bust right/ Rev. SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, raising skirt &amp; holding flower, RIC IV-3 149, RSC IV 38. 22 mm., 4.37 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107811[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to see any coins anyone else has of this family, including Hostilian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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