Herennia Etruscilla AD 249-251. Rome
Antoninianus AR

22 mm, 4,29 g

HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia veiled, seated left, drawing veil from face and holding sceptre.

Very Fine

RIC 59b (Decius); RSC 19.

Herennia Etruscilla, also known as Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla, was a Roman empress who lived during the 3rd century AD. She was the wife of the Roman Emperor Decius, who reigned from 249 to 251 AD. Not much is known about Herennia Etruscilla's life or background. She married Decius before he became emperor, and they had two sons, Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian, both of whom would later become co-emperors alongside their father.