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A bronze dupondius of the empress Herennia Etruscilla with a Pudicitia reverse. Coin Type: Bronze dupondius of Herennia Etruscilla, 249-251 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 250 CE.
Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 9.9g
Obverse: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG
Diademed, draped bust right, resting on a crescent. Hair carried up the back of the head in a plait.
Reverse: PVDICITIA AVG S C
Pudicitia seated left, holding transverse sceptre in left hand and pulling out veil from her face with right hand.
Provenance: Curtis Clay, January 2007.
Ref: RCV (2005) 9505; RIC IV Trajan Decius 136(d).
BW Ref: 004 030 102
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