RPC I, 662

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 662
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Henna
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Cestius (duovir) ; Lucius Munatius (duovir)
Dating 44/36 BC
Obverse inscription MVN HENNA-E
Edition mun(icipium) Henn(ae)
Translation the municipium of Henna
Obverse design female head (Proserpina?), right
Reverse inscription M CESTIVS L MVNATIVS IIVIR
Edition M(arcus) Cestius L(ucius) Munatius IIvir(i)
Translation Marcus Cestius (and) Lucius Munatius, duovirs
Reverse design naked male figure (Triptolemus), wearing cloak, standing left with outstretched hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 8.55 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Holm 761, BMC 11, Gabrici 12, Cop 236
Specimens 32 (17 in the core collections)
Note 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1998,1106.15
2 2     L BMC 11
3 3     L: 1889,1106.14
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.8412 SNG 1338
5 5     Cop SNG 236
6 6     P: 404
7 7     P: 405
8 8     O
9 9     O
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: Fox
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     B: 6349
14 14     V: GR 6462
15 15     Mu: 247
16 16     Mu: 248
17 17     Palermo = Gabrici 12
18 18     Palermo = Gabrici 13
19 19     Milan: Arslan 2867
20 20     Mini 12
21 21     Virzi 945
22 22     NY: 2015.20.542 (ex RBW = Triton XII, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 1255 (part of)
23 23     N: S 7682
24 24     N: S 7683
25 25     Calciati 13
26 26     Calciati 13
27 27     Calciati 13
28 28     Cammarata = see Calciati
29 29     Cammarata = see Calciati
30 30     Winterthur GrMW 827
31 31     Gorny & Mosch 216, 15 Oct. 2013, lot 2663
32 32     Rome Calomino MNR 1