DR-652 | Crawford: 462/1c
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 €
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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