CILICIA. Anazarbus. Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 16.18 g, 6 h), year 269 = 250-251. EΡEΝΝΙΑΝ EΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΛΑ CE Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right, resting on a crescent. Rev. ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ / Γ Γ / EΤ ΙEΡΟΥ ΟΛΥ/ΜΠ ΘΞC Nude Dionysos seated left, head right, on panther lying right, head turned to look back, holding thyrsos in left hand and resting right hand on head. SNG BN 2120 ( same dies ). SNG Levante 1499 ( same dies ). Ziegler 762 (Vs2/Rs2). Mottled red and green patina. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from F. Kovacs on december 1998.