Herennius Etruscus. 250 AD. Antioch, Roman Empire. Bi-Tetradrachm. 26mm, 10.9g.

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Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 250
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 10 a.m.
Weight: 10.90g.
COMMENTS ON THE CONDITION:
Copy on a blank well centered on both sides with visible graining. beautiful bust of Herennius Etruscus. Backhand of high relief well come to the strike. Beautiful old collection patina with golden reflections
REFERENCES CATALOG:
Prieur 639 (18 ex) - McAlee 1152 f1 (this ex.)
OBVERSE
Obverse description: Draped bust, bare head of Herennius Etruscus right, seen from three quarters behind (A*21), an S under the bust.
Obverse legend: ERENN ETROU ME KU DEKIOS KESAR.
Obverse translation: (Herennius Etruscus Messius Quintus Decius Caesar).
REVERSE
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing right on palm, wings outstretched, head right and tail left, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Entrusted with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
COMMENTARY
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty examples are now listed for this type, including museums in Paris (2), Doura/Yale (4), British Museum, Jerusalem, Princeton, Oxford, ANS (2) and Gaziantep. This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 375, no. 1152f1.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Herennius etruscus
(250-06/251 spring)
Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar
Herennius received the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and became august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, the Goths to fight with his father. There was killed. Trajan Decius was the first emperor to die in combat. Christians saw it as a sign of divine vengeance.

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Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 250
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 10 a.m.
Weight: 10.90g.
COMMENTS ON THE CONDITION:
Copy on a blank well centered on both sides with visible graining. beautiful bust of Herennius Etruscus. Backhand of high relief well come to the strike. Beautiful old collection patina with golden reflections
REFERENCES CATALOG:
Prieur 639 (18 ex) - McAlee 1152 f1 (this ex.)
OBVERSE
Obverse description: Draped bust, bare head of Herennius Etruscus right, seen from three quarters behind (A*21), an S under the bust.
Obverse legend: ERENN ETROU ME KU DEKIOS KESAR.
Obverse translation: (Herennius Etruscus Messius Quintus Decius Caesar).
REVERSE
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing right on palm, wings outstretched, head right and tail left, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Entrusted with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
COMMENTARY
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty examples are now listed for this type, including museums in Paris (2), Doura/Yale (4), British Museum, Jerusalem, Princeton, Oxford, ANS (2) and Gaziantep. This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 375, no. 1152f1.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Herennius etruscus
(250-06/251 spring)
Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar
Herennius received the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and became august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, the Goths to fight with his father. There was killed. Trajan Decius was the first emperor to die in combat. Christians saw it as a sign of divine vengeance.

Type: Syrophoenician Tetradrachm
Date: 250
Mint name / Town: Antioch, Syria, Seleucia and Pieria
Metal: billon
Diameter: 26mm
Orientation dies: 10 a.m.
Weight: 10.90g.
COMMENTS ON THE CONDITION:
Copy on a blank well centered on both sides with visible graining. beautiful bust of Herennius Etruscus. Backhand of high relief well come to the strike. Beautiful old collection patina with golden reflections
REFERENCES CATALOG:
Prieur 639 (18 ex) - McAlee 1152 f1 (this ex.)
OBVERSE
Obverse description: Draped bust, bare head of Herennius Etruscus right, seen from three quarters behind (A*21), an S under the bust.
Obverse legend: ERENN ETROU ME KU DEKIOS KESAR.
Obverse translation: (Herennius Etruscus Messius Quintus Decius Caesar).
REVERSE
Reverse legend: S C AT THE EXERGUE.
Reverse description: Eagle standing right on palm, wings outstretched, head right and tail left, holding wreath in beak.
Reverse legend: DHMARC EX OUSIAS.
Reverse translation: (Entrusted with tribunician power / with the agreement of the Senate of Antioch).
COMMENTARY
In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, forty examples are now listed for this type, including museums in Paris (2), Doura/Yale (4), British Museum, Jerusalem, Princeton, Oxford, ANS (2) and Gaziantep. This copy is illustrated in the book by Richard McAlee, p. 375, no. 1152f1.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Herennius etruscus
(250-06/251 spring)
Son of Trajan Decius - Caesar
Herennius received the title of Caesar in the course of the year 250 and became august at the time of his departure from Rome, in April or May 251, the Goths to fight with his father. There was killed. Trajan Decius was the first emperor to die in combat. Christians saw it as a sign of divine vengeance.

Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius (died June 251), known simply as Herennius Etruscus, was briefly Roman emperor in 251, ruling jointly under his father Decius. His father was proclaimed emperor by his troops in September 249 while in Pannonia and Moesia, in opposition to Philip. Decius defeated Philip in battle, and was then proclaimed emperor by the Senate. Etruscus, still a child, was elevated to Caesar (heir) in 250, then further raised to Augustus (emperor) in May 251. When the Goths, under Cniva, invaded the Danubian provinces, he was sent with a vanguard, followed by the main body of Roman troops, led by Decius. They ambushed Cniva at the Battle of Nicopolis ad Istrum in 250, routing him, before being ambushed and routed themselves at the Battle of Beroe. Etruscus was killed in the Battle of Abritus the following year, alongside his father. After the deaths of both emperors, Trebonianus Gallus, who had been governor of Moesia, was elected emperor by the remaining Roman forces.

Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius was the son of Decius, a Roman general who later became emperor, and Herennia Etruscilla, his wife. His birth date is sometimes given between 220 and 230, but there is no way to confirm this. Etruscus was probably a young boy when he was proclaimed emperor in 251, as depicted in his coins.^[1]