Live auction - brm_720071 - HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS Antoninien

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Estimate :	225 €
Price :	120 €
Maximum bid :	150 €
End of the sale :	09 April 2024 15:35:10
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: 250

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 4,31 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Revers de style fin. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

RCV.9520 (120$) - RIC.142 b (S) - HCC.4 - RC.2740 - ROME 9/31 - C.11 - MRK.81 /6

Obverse

Obverse legend : Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C.

Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé d'Hérennius à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).

Obverse translation : “Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Quintus Hérennius Étruscus Messius Dèce très noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGG.

Reverse description : Mercure, coiffé du pétase, nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une bourse de la main droite et un caducée ailé de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (La Piété des augustes).