Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1184. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS. 251 AD. AR Antoninianus (2.84 gm, 1h). IMP C Q HER ETR MES DECIO AVG, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind / PIETAS AVG, Mercury standing left, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left. RIC IV 151a (Decius); Pink IV, pg. 25; Hunter -; Tulln Hoard -; RSC 13a. EF. Very rare issue as Augustus. ($1000)

This coin appears to have been overstruck on a denarius of Severus Alexander. Although only a faint C M is visible on the obverse, the reverse is easily identifiable as P M TR P II COS P P, Salus seated left feeding serpent (RIC 32 or RIC 269).