Watch List notes:

MACEDON. Thessalonica. Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 11.05 g, 12 h). [ΚΑΙ ΚΥΙΝ] ЄΡЄΝ [ΜЄϹΙ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΟΝ] ΔЄΚΙΟΝ Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Herennius Etruscus to right, seen from behind. Rev. [ΘЄϹϹΑΛΟΝЄΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤΡ Δ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΟϹ] Four tetrastyle temples seen in perspective, two on the left and two on the right. RPC IX 150. Touratsoglou 10. Very rare. Somewhat smoothed, otherwise, fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

The four temples on the reverse of this issue refer to the four neokorai held by Thessalonica in the mid 3rd century AD.