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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 16.9 g, diameter 29.9 mm.
mint Rome weight 16.89g (5)
ruler Trajan Decius diameter ⌀29.9 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (4)
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 (5)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 12.73g 12↕
KENOM 15.11g 12↕
KENOM 19.69g 12↕
KENOM 15.48g ⌀29.2 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: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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