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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Herennius Etruscus| > RS48780
Herennius Etruscus, Early 251 - First Half of June 251 A.D.
|Herennius| |Etruscus|, |Herennius| |Etruscus,| |Early| |251| |-| |First| |Half| |of| |June| |251| |A.D.|, Spes was the Roman personification of Hope. In art Spes is normally depicted carrying flowers or a cornucopia, but on coins she is almost invariably depicted holding a flower in her extended right hand, while the left is raising a fold of her dress. She was also named "ultima dea" - for Hope is the last resort of men. On this coin, the Caesar, Herennius Etruscus, the designated successor of the emperor, is identified as the hope for the future of the Roman people.
RS48780. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV Decius 149, RSC IV 38, Hunter III 2, SRCV III 9526, VF, Rome mint, weight 3.934g, maximum diameter 22.8mm, die axis 0o, as caesar, 250 - early 251 A.D.; obverse Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse SPES PVBLICA (the hope of the public), Spes walking left, flower in right hand, raising fold of robe with left; nice portrait; scarce; SOLD










OBVERSE| LEGENDS|

HERENETRVMESQVDECIVSCAESAR
HERENTRVMESQVDECIVSCAESAR
IMPCQHERETRMESDECIOAVG
IMPCQHERETRMESDECIVSAVG
QHERETRMESDECIVSAVG
QHERETRMESDECIVSNOBC
QHERINNIVSETRMESDECIVSNOBC

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