RPC I, 663

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 663
Province Sicily
Region Sicily
City Henna
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Cestius (duovir) ; Lucius Munatius (duovir)
Dating 44/36 BC
Obverse inscription MVN HENNAE
Edition mun(icipium) Henn(ae)
Translation the municipium of Henna
Obverse design head of Bacchus wreathed with ivy, 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 butting bull, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.07 g
Axis 12
Reference Holm 761a, Gabrici 14
Specimens 12 (3 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     B: 6350
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     L: 1852,0701.46
4 4     Palermo = Gabrici 14
5 5     Mini 13
6 6     Virzi 946
7 7     Cefalu = Tropea Archivio Storico Messinese, 1901, no 1
8 8     Campana, see Calciati, now RBW coll. = NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1297
9 9     Cammarata, see Calciati
10 10     RBW coll.
11 11     RBW coll.
12 12     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 420