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Object Type: coin
Museum number: 1961,0301.327
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Confronted busts of Trajan Decius, radiate, draped and cuirassed, right and Herennia Etruscilla, draped and diademed, left, with crescent below bust. (obverse); Founder ploughing right with yoke of oxen; above, eagle standing left, wreath in beak; in exergue, swimming river-god. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Empire Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Empire
Authority: Ruler: Decius; Ruler: Herennia Etruscilla
Cultures/periods: Roman Provincial
Production date: 249-251
Production place: Minted in: Rhesaena (historic)
Materials: copper alloy
Dimensions: Die-axis: 11 o'clock; Diameter: 26.50 millimetres; Weight: 12.15 grammes
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Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Arabia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine Empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene) (37, p.132) (type); SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (253) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; ceremony/ritual; ploughing; bird; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Decius; Named in inscription & portrayed: Herennia Etruscilla
Acquisition name: Purchased from: A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Cyril Lockett
Acquisition date: 1961
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: 1961,0301.327

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