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Marcus Porcius Cato
Marcus Porcius Cato


Gens: Porcia
Moneyer: Marcus Porcius Cato
Date and mint: 47 BC/46 BC - ?


Obverse: Female bust (possibly Roma), right. Dotted border.
Legend: M CATO PRO PR

Reverse: Victoria sitting upright, holding a patera in the right and a palm branch in the left, over her left shoulder. Dotted border.
Legend: VICTRIX

Comment: This magistrate took the motive from another member of the Portia family of the same name. Utica is pointed out as a possible mint. Another possible Mint would be Sicily but his stay there was brief.

Provenance: Classical Numismatic group (2019)
Price: 2,840
462/1c
462/1c
Image courtesy of: Classical Numismatic group (CNG)

Other references

Crawford: 462/1c
DR: 652
BMCRR (Grueber): Africa 15
B (Babelon): Porcia 9
RSC (Seaby): Porcia 9
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 1060
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 1381
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: 46
CRR (Sydenham): 1052
Cal (Calicó): 1205
RBW:
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