RPC I, 661

 

Image of specimen #26

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 661
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Henna
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Cestius (duovir) ; Lucius Munatius (duovir)
Dating 44/36 BC
Obverse inscription L MVNATIVS M CESTIVS
Edition L(ucius) Munatius M(arcus) Cestius
Translation Lucius Munatius, Marcus Cestius
Obverse design veiled head of Ceres with corn ears, left; behind, torch
Reverse inscription MVN HENNAE
Edition mun(icipium) Henn(ae)
Translation the municipium of Henna
Reverse design Pluto and Proserpina in quadriga, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.35 g
Axis 12
Reference Holm 760, BMC 9, Gabrici 8, Cop 235, FITA 190
Specimens 27 (9 in the core collections)
Note For two halved examples, see Cammarata, op.cit., pl. V, a-b. -- A date early in the second century BC has been suggested by M. Caccamo Caltabiano, ‘La cronologia del Municipium di Henna: discordanza tra il dato numismatico e quello storiografico,’ in Hestiasis. Studi di tarda antichità offerti a S. Calderone (Messina, 1986), pp. 1-27.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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