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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3191262, member: 36818&quot;]I think <i>exe</i> is an abbreviation for <i>exergue. </i>Exergue is the field below the relief design at the bottom of a coin. ** and IV might be mint marks. I&#039;m not a specialist in Herennia Etruscilla and don&#039;t have a copy of AORTA handy (sorry), but here&#039;s a previous CoinTalk thread on the subject:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/herennia-etruscilla-bust-styles-and-mints-its-confusing-indeed.308030/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/herennia-etruscilla-bust-styles-and-mints-its-confusing-indeed.308030/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/herennia-etruscilla-bust-styles-and-mints-its-confusing-indeed.308030/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The ** might indicate two dots below the bust (examples shown in the thread linked above), although I&#039;m not sure why the author of AORTA would choose to represent the dots with asterisks instead of bullets like this ••</p><p><br /></p><p>For antoninianii of Herennia Etruscilla and other Crisis of the Third Century coinage, I recommend picking up a copy of <i>Roman Silver Coins, </i>Vol. IV by Seaby and Sear as an easy-to-use reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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