Moneyer: | M. Herennius |
Held Office: | 108 or 107 B.C. |
Denomination: | AR Denarius |
Mint: | Rome |
Obverse: | Head of Pietas right, wearing diadem, "PIETAS" behind, Z (control mark) before. |
Reverse: | Amphinomus, walking right, carrying his father Nisos, "M•HERENNI" downwards behind. |
Reference: | RRC 308/1a; RSC Herennia 1; RCVM 185 |
Weight: | 3.9 gms |
Diameter: | 18.8 mm |
M. Herennius
It is uncertain whether the moneyer, M. Herennius was a descendant of Herennius Siculus the Haruspex and used the story of the Catanaean brothers to recall the loyalty of the Haruspex to C. Gracchus, Herennius Siculus seems in any case despite his cognomen to have been Etruscan by origin, and the type was doubtless chosen not for its Sicilian associations, but because the story of the Catanaean brothers provided s well-known example of pietas in action. |
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