Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian, AE27 of Bostra, Arabia. AD 250-251. 14.73 g. Commemorating Bostra's games in honour of Actium and of the god Dusares.

IMPP M DECIVS ET C VALENS CVINTVS CAISARES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus right, facing the radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian left.
ACTIA DVSARIA COL METR BOSTRENORVM, The sanctuary of Dusares: a raised platform, with steps before, on which is a large, central baetyl, surmounted by layers of flat stones, flanked by two small baetyls, each surmounted by a single layer of stones; all within a laurel wreath.

BMC 48-49; Spijkerman 72; Sear GIC 4289; Paris 103-105; Kindler 55; Sofaer 58; RPC IX 2212.

With permission of Nomos AG auction 32, lot 169, June 2024.
Ex Numis. Lanz auction 92, lot 1065, June 1999.