Watch List notes:

M. Herennius, (108-107 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.63 g), obv. Piety head to right, behind PIETAS, control mark P before, rev. Amphinomus running right bearing father on shoulders, M.HERENNI on left, (S.185, Cr.308/1a, Syd.567, RSC Herennia 1a). Very fine and rare. Provenance - Ex RJM collection with ticket. The type records the history of the brothers and who saved the lives of their parents after Mt. Etna had erupted and had carried them on their shoulders to safety. The moneyer or his family might have had some connection with Sicily.

Estimate: 160 AUD