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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 5410558, member: 80783&quot;]I believe this type of Herennius Etruscus is (apart form a little statue on a temple reverse of Marcus Aurelius) the only depiction of Mercury on a Sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234373[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C - Draped bust of Herennius Etruscus right</p><p>PIETAS AVGG S C - Mercury standing left, holding purse in right hand, caduceus in left</p><p>Sestertius, Rome (1st officina), 3rd emission of Trajan Decius, spring 250-mid 251 AD</p><p>28mm / 15.72 g,</p><p>RIC IV 167a corr. (draped) (R 2); Cohen 12, Banti 1</p><p>ex Auction Emporium Hamburg 73, 23.04.2015 (lot 241)</p><p><br /></p><p>What might have inspired Trajan Decius to associate the protector of commerce with his elder son?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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