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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8088427, member: 110350&quot;]This coin definitely tells a story, even though there&#039;s a long-standing controversy as to which one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, M. Herennius, AR Denarius, Rome mint, 108-107 BC.</p><p>Obv. Diademed head of Pietas right, wearing single drop earring and pearl necklace, PIETAS (TA ligate) downward to left / Rev. Naked youth (one of the Catanaean brothers, Amphinomous or Anapias) running right and carrying his father on his shoulder to escape from erupting Mt. Etna, <i><b>or</b></i> Aeneas carrying his father Anchises to escape from defeated Troy, with his father looking back (towards Mt. Etna or Troy) and raising his right hand; M • HERENNI (HE ligate) downward to left, Control-mark • above C in lower right field.* Crawford 308/1b, RSC I Herennia 1a, Sear RCV I 185 (ill.), BMCRR 1258-1285 [No. 1261 has same control-mark], Sydenham 567a. RBW Collection 1149. 19mm, 4.0g, 7h. <i>Purchased at JAZ Numismatics Auction # 181, Lot 6, April 2021; ex. Frederick B. Shore; ex. Stack’s Public Auction Sale, “A Collection of Ancient Roman Coins,” June 14-15, 1971, Lot 127, at p. 16</i> [not illustrated in plates] (see catalog at <a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=3&amp;AuctionId=516472#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=3&amp;AuctionId=516472#" rel="nofollow">https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=3&amp;AuctionId=516472#</a>search). [Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/new-combined-dml-m-herennius-jpg.1305104/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In my lengthy footnote, I explained why I lean towards the Aeneas/Anchises interpretation. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-55-aeneas-or-catanaean-brothers.380718/#post-7568886" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-55-aeneas-or-catanaean-brothers.380718/#post-7568886">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-55-aeneas-or-catanaean-brothers.380718/#post-7568886</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another coin depicting one figure lifting or carrying another. (Edited to add: I don&#039;t mean a horse or other animal carrying a human!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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