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Roman Republican, Roman Republic, M. Herennius, silver denarius c. 108/7 BC, Pietas/Amphinomus

Roman Republican, Roman Republic, M. Herennius, silver denarius c. 108/7 BC, Pietas/Amphinomus

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Roman Republican, Roman Republic, M. Herennius, silver denarius c. 108/7 BC, Pietas/Amphinomus carrying his father out of Catania. 17 mm, 3.86 g. 


Amphinomus and Anapis were legendary heros of the city of Catania in Sicily, who were believed to have rescued their parents by carrying them from the lava flows of an eruption of Mount Etna. 

VF+, residual lustre, deep tone, ancient test cut at edge. 

Crawford 308/1b 

ex-Robert William Hubel (1891-1944) collection, reportedly assembled from 1929 to 1939 in Detroit, Michigan.
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