Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1558. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS. As Caesar, 250-251 AD. Æ Sestertius (17.44 g, 1h). Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [P]IETAS AVGVSTORVM, S C in exergue, aspergillum, simpulum, guttus, patera, and lituus perched on top of patera. RIC IV 168a; Banti 3; Hunter 20 var. (bust type); Cohen 15. Good VF, hard jade green patina, minor roughness in spots. Bold portrait of fine style. ($750)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Leu 10 (29 May 1974), 337.