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RIC IV Trajan Decius 171A

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 171A, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 250–251 AD. Obverse: bust of herennius etruscus, head bare, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: herennius, in military attire, standing left, holding wand in right hand and transverse spear in left hand. Weight about 16.6 g, diameter 28.9 mm.
obverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 171A
obverse: Bust of Herennius Etruscus, head bare, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC IV Trajan Decius 171A
reverse: Herennius, in military attire, standing left, holding wand in right hand and transverse spear in left hand
mint Rome weight 16.65g (8)
ruler Trajan Decius diameter ⌀28.9 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (7)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Herennius Etruscus, head bare, draped, cuirassed, right

Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C
reverse

Herennius, in military attire, standing left, holding wand in right hand and transverse spear in left hand

PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C
specimens (8)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 12.73g 12↕
KENOM 15.11g 12↕
KENOM 19.69g 12↕
KENOM 15.48g ⌀29.2 12↕
American Numismatic Society 13.52g ⌀28.0 12↕
American Numismatic Society 16.04g ⌀27.5 12↕
American Numismatic Society 19.16g ⌀29.5 12↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 21.45g ⌀30.5

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RIC IV Trajan Decius 171A (ric.4.tr_d.171A), 250–251 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iv-trajan-decius-171a/ (accessed: 2026-10-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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