Herennius Etruscus as Augustus. ; Herennius Etruscus as Augustus; 251 AD, Metropolis, Phrygia, AE 24.5-25.5, 6.89g. RPC-temp. 834 (4 spec.). Obv: AV.K.G.M.?.EP. - E??OV.?E? ?E??O[c] around, CE in adjoining field, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: ?A A?E TEIO - V - ?P AP MHTPO?O around, ?EIT - ON FPV in inner circle, Mên standing r. wearing Phrygian cap and with crescent behind shoulders, placing l. foot on head of bull (?), holding patera and scepter. Ex Fred Shore List 88, June 1999, no. 44. Only four specimens of this coin are recorded by RPC, coming from one obverse and two reverse dies. RPC's specimen 4 is described as omitting the first two letters ?A of its reverse legend, but our coin is from the same dies and seems to show those two letters (the ? very faint).
($250)