Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 17,66 g
Herennius Etruscus as Caesar; 250-251 AD, Mallus, Cilicia, AE 30, 17.66g. RPC-1434 (17 spec.). Obv: HEREN ETRVSC MES DECIVM CAESS (sic) Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: MALLOCOLONIA Turreted and veiled Tyche seated l. on rocks, holding ear of wheat; to l. and r. vexilla inscribed S and C respectively; at her feet, two river gods swimming in opposite directions. Purchased from B.A. Seaby, 6 October 1971; ex Seabys Bulletin, April 1971, A424. With the Seaby ticket handwritten by David Sear. Rare: our specimen and the seventeen cited by RPC-1434 seem to come from just one obverse and three reverse dies. (RPC lists nineteen specimens, but by mistake their specimens 14 and 15 are not of Herennius Etruscus).. aVF / EF
