Could this be Herennius Etruscus?

[SRukke]

I was told it was and that it's very rare due to the reverse. The info given to me was:
Herennius Etruscus 251 AD AR Antoninianus Extremely Rare, As Caesar, radiate and draped bust right.

Maybe the inscription on the OBV is  HEREN ETRMESQV DECIVS CAESAR  can't read the REV.

I can't find it and would appreciate any help.  Found some similar ones but with a different diety sitting on the reverse.

[Arminius]

Antioch mint, RIC 159 a or b (depending on the dots beneath the bust, 1 or 4, i see 2 dots?)

HEREN ETRV MES Q V DECIVS CAESAR / PVDICITIA AVG

rated "R"

regards

[SRukke]

Antioch mint, RIC 159 a or b (depending on the dots beneath the bust, 1 or 4, i see 2 dots?)

HEREN ETRV MES Q V DECIVS CAESAR / PVDICITIA AVG

rated "R"

regards

Thanks you very much. Been pulling my hair out on this one. Still haven't found a picture of it anywhere but will keep looking. Scott

[SRukke]

Anyone have any ideas on this one. It clearly only has two dots under the bust and I'm pretty sure that the other two were never there.
This is a very difficult coin to get any info on especially pictures. I did find 1 example with 4 dots.

I there a listing for RIC 159 with 2 dots? What is the significance of them anyway?

[curtislclay]

The dots indicate mint workshops, and new workshop varieties not attested in RIC are turning up all the time. So nothing to be surprised or mystified about!

If you specialized in Antioch antoniniani of the reigns of Decius and Gallus, you might well find that a third or so of the coins you acquired were unpublished varieties. Take a look at the many unpublished pieces of Gallus and Volusian in Richard Beale's collection on his website "249-253 AD: Four Bad Years".

Still, nice to have a rare and possibly unpublished variety in your collection!

[SRukke]

The dots indicate mint workshops, and new workshop varieties not attested in RIC are turning up all the time. So nothing to be surprised or mystified about!

If you specialized in Antioch antoniniani of the reigns of Decius and Gallus, you might well find that a third or so of the coins you acquired were unpublished varieties. Take a look at the many unpublished pieces of Gallus and Volusian in Richard Beale's collection on his website "249-253 AD: Four Bad Years".

Still, nice to have a rare and possibly unpublished variety in your collection!

Thank you Curtis. I assumed the dots were the workshops and in my mind I wondered why their would be either 1 or 4 of them. So I didn't do too bad at $48 for this coin.