455, Lot: 331. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Herennius Etruscus. As Caesar, AD 249-251. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 17.45 g, 12h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 3rd emission of Trajan Decius, AD 250. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus. RIC IV 167a (Decius) corr. (bust type); Banti 1. Dark brown patina with patches of green. Near EF.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 700175 (February 1997, at $1200). Lot includes an old French collection ticket.