Herennia Etruscilla. Tetradrachm; Herennia Etruscilla; Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, c. 249 AD, Tetradrachm, 12.26g. McAlee-1168b (Ex. Rare); Prieur-617 (1 spec.); RPC-1713 (1 spec.), pl. 117 (this coin). Obv: EPENNIA TPOVCKI??A CEB Draped bust r. wearing stephane, early smooth hairdo, two pellets (officina 2) below bust. Rx: ?HMAPX E?OYCIAC around, S C in exergue, Eagle with spread wings standing l. on palm branch, holding wreath in beak. Ex CNG 63, 24 May 2003, lot 1073. Very rare: RPC-1713 lists only one specimen, which is our coin, while McAlee-1168b illustates a second specimen from different dies, and Prieur-617 reports a third specimen in Yale. This coin comes from the first part of Etruscilla's first issue of tetradrachms at Antioch, with erroneous name "Truscilla" rather than "Etruscilla", and with early smooth rather than later ridged hairdo.
($350)