★ A beautiful tetrassarion of Herennia Etruscilla from Metropolis ★

PHRYGIA. Metropolis. Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 30 mm, 12.40 g, 6 h), Alexandros, son of Tieios, first archon. ЄΡЄΝΝΙΑΝ ЄΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ Ϲ Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right. Rev. ΠΑΡ ΑΛЄΞ ΤΙЄΙΟΥ ΠΡΩ ΑΡΧ // ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄ/ΙΤΩΝ Φ Tyche standing front, head to left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. RPC IX 840.4 ( this coin ). SNG Leypold 1690. SNG von Aulock 3885. Well struck and unusually well preserved. Light scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, formed since the 1960s (with collector's ticket).