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ID:     711557
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
Date Ruled:     As Caesar, 250-251 AD
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 250-251
Weight:     4.28 g
Die Axis:     7 h
Obverse Legend:     Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C
Obverse Description:     Bare-headed and draped bust right
Reverse Legend:     PIETAS AVGG
Reverse Description:     Mercury standing left, wearing winged petasus, holding purse in extended right hand and cradling caduceus in left arm
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     RIC 142a
Reference2:     CalicĂ“ 3309 (Rarity 5)
Reference3:     Hunter -
Reference4:     cf. Cohen 10
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76785
Grade:     Near EF, some light hairlines
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1557 Extremely rare; we can locate no recent auction records for this type, and CalicĂ“ could not even locate a photograph