DescriptionL. Cestius and C. Norbanus, aureus, 43 BC, RRC 491-2.jpg
English: L. Cestius and C. Norbanus
May-August 43 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Sibyl (?) right, her head elaborately bound with fillet, and hair collected into a knot behind; C • NORB ANVS above; L • CESTIVS below; PR to right / Cybele, wearing turreted crown, enthroned left in chariot, drawn left by two lions, holding patera in right hand and reins in left, resting left arm on tympanum; S • C to upper left. Crawford 491/2; CRI 196; Bahrfeldt 26; Calicó 5; Biaggi 25 var. (break in obv. legend); Sydenham 1155; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4194 (same obv. die); RBW 1719; CNR Norbana 9. EF, lustrous, minor traces of die rust and deposits on obverse. Rare.
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