M HERENNIUS SILVER DENARIUS – PLATE COIN IN BANTI AND EX MARTINI COLLECTION SOLD IN 1930 – CHOICE VF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN (Inv. 21539)

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21539. ROMAN REPUBLIC. M HERENNIUS, 108–107 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.98 g, 20 mm. Issue of Rome.
Obv. PIETAS, head of Pietas right, Λ in lower right field. Rev. M HERENNI, one of the Catanean brothers running right, carrying his father.
Crawford 308/1a; Sydenham 567.
Published: Banti, Corpus Nummorum Romanorum. Monetazione Republicana, 1/57 (this coin illustrated).
Acquired from Hirsch in 1961, ex Martini Collection, Rodolfo Ratto, 2/24/1930, lot 670.
Good VF, with light colorful toning, well struck, X (?) graffito on cheek, possibly an indication of value.