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 municipium Hennae mun(icipium) Henn(ae)
Translation the municipium of Henna
Obverse design female head (Proserpina?), right
Reverse inscription M CESTIVS L MVNATIVS IIVIR
Edition Marcus Cestius Lucius Munatius IIviri 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 8.57 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Holm 761, BMC 11, Gabrici 12, Cop 236
Specimens 33 (18 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

# Specimen 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
33 33     O: HCR42398