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.


Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 1902 and previously 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.