I departed from my usual Republican and Greek purchases in order to bid on this very nice Herennius Etruscus with clasped hands. It appears to be a popular and unusual type of a relatively scarce ruler, so I thought I would bid. I wanted it badly enough that I placed a fairly high max bid. As it turned out, my max was much higher than the hammer price. HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS AR Antoninianus OBVERSE: Q HER MES DECIVS NOB C, Radiate and draped bust of Herennius right REVERSE: CONCORDIA AVGG, Clasped hands Struck at Rome, 250/1 AD 3.53g, 21mm RIC138 As usual, post your coins of Herennius, clasped hands or whatever floats your boat. Thanks for looking.
nice bing! i bid one of of this cat recently, and unfortunately my mid was below the final prices....so he is still on the list. i did get this coin with a single hand recently....in large part because i wanted a "hand" coin!
Nice, better reverse for him. Herennius Etruscus (251 A.D.) Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch Billon Tetradrachm O: EPENNE TPOY ME KY DEKIOC KECAP, Bare headed draped bust right, five dots beneath. R: DEMAPX EXOYCIAC, Eagle standing left, head left, tail to right, wreath in beak, with wings spread, standing on palm, SC in exe. Antioch Mint, 251 A.D. 26mm 13g McAlee 1153e; Prieur 636 Herennius Etruscus ( 251 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind. R: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Herennius standing left, holding baton and spear. Rome 22mm 4.07g RIC IV 147c; RSC 26
Congrats for getting a deal! Great looking coin... the detail on the clasped hands is GREAT! I have a couple of his Ants: RI Herennius Etruscus 251 CE AR Ant Apollo seated RI Herennius Etruscus 251 CE AR Ant Prince Stdng And, his Mother: RI Herennia Etruscilla 249-251 BCE Ant crescent Fecunditas cornucopiae child RSC 8 Man... I REALLY like that reverse, Bing! That is really cool to me.
Herennius Etruscus, Roman Empire AR tetradrachm Obv: EPENN ETPOY ME KV DEKIOC KECAP. bare-headed draped bust right, one dot below Rev: DHMARC EX OVCIAC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, wreath in beak, S C below Mint: Antioch Date: 250-251 AD Ref: Prieur 628; BMC 610
Wow, Big-bro => that's a fantastic clasped-hands addition (I love that coin-type) I have two coins to add to your sweet thread ... Herennius Etruscus, AR Antoninianus 250-251 AD Marius, Antoninianus 269 AD Hmmmm, it is quite interesting to see the change in the "silver content" between these two antoninianii, eh?
Bing, your thread motivated me to process the pics of a recent-ish arrival, a classic denarius of Nerva with clasped hands on the reverse. I'd always wanted one of these . NERVA AR Denarius. 2.88g, 17.4mm. Rome mint, AD 97. RIC 14; Cohen 20. O: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, laureate head right. R: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, clasped hands. Ex Ratto sale January 1956, 366
I actually found one of my coins has clasped hands! It is purdy ruddy, but the hands are there! RI Marius 269 Gallic Usurper BI Ant CONCORD MILIT Clasped Hands ex: one of @John Anthony 's search-and-destroy missions with me... (I love those missions...)
That's a very good question. In many cases such a theme represents a marriage (but not this type). While the legend is clear the type in its entirety in all likelihood represents concord between the legions.
