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Silver Antoninianus of Herennius Etruscus Struck While Caesar - C.4941 Origin: Minted in Rome Circa: 250 AD to 251 AD Collection: Numismatics Style: Roman Medium: Silver Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius was the elder son of Emperor Trajan Decius who ruled from 249-251 A.D. He was appointed to the position of Caesar in the spring of 250 A.D., and was soon thereafter sent to the Danube frontier to coordinate the defenses against the Goths. After participating in a significant defeat of the Goths, Etruscus was raised to the rank of co-Augustus in May of 251 A.D. and ruled alongside his father. The next month, he was killed in battle along with his father, ending his brief reign.
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