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5 Kwacha Battle of Teutoburg Forest, Marcus Caelius
| Issuer | Malawi |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Kwacha |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CLADES VARIANA LEGIO XVII, XVIII, XIX IX MMIX A.D. A.D. QUINTILI VARE, LEGIONES REDDEI |
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Marcus Caelius, a first centurion of Legio XVIII, is known almost entirely because of a single funerary stele — discovered near Xanten, Germany — erected by his brother after his death in the ambush of 9 AD. The inscription specifies he fell "bello Variano," in the war of Varus, making it one of the few contemporary epigraphic references to the Teutoburg disaster. Three full legions were annihilated; Augustus reportedly beat his head against a wall crying for Varus to return them.
Malawi's numismatic program from this period issued heavily into the collector novelty market, with minimal connection to national history.