M. HERENNIUS AR Denarius (108-107 BC). Very nice !

M. HERENNIUS AR Denarius (108-107 BC). Very nice !

Obverse : PIETAS Diademed head of Pietas to right; to right, •C.

Reverse : M•HERENNI One of the Catanean brothers running right, carrying his father on his shoulder.

Rome mint

3,94 g.

Crawford 308/1a.

Struck in the name of M. Herennius.

The gens Herennia was originally from Catania. Marcus Herennius chose to illustrate a local example of piety: the brothers Amphinomus

and Anapias who saved their parents by carrying them on their shoulders to escape an eruption of Etna.