RPC I, 1002

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1002
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Valeria Messallina
Magistrate Capito (duovir) ; Cytherus (duovir)
Dating before AD 48
Obverse inscription TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS
Edition Ti(berius) Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) Germanicus
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription VALERIA MESSALINA CYTHERO CAPITO[NE]
Edition Valeria Messalina Cythero Capito[ne]
Translation Valeria Messalina, with Cytherus (and) Capito duovirs
Reverse design draped bust of Messalina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.21 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Sv 212 corr.
Specimens 33 (20 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1926,0116.138 Seager
2 2     L: 1927,0310.49 Seager
3 3     L: G 686
4 4     P: 763
5 5     P: 764
6 6     P: 766
7 7     P: 767
8 8     P: 767a
9 9     V: GR 13537
10 10     V: GR 13538
11 11     V: GR 13540
12 12     B: 18238099, 5422
13 13     B: 875/1899
14 14     Mu
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     O
18 18     O
19 19     NY
20 20     St Petersburg: 9005
21 21     Zurich ZB 461
22 22     Karlsruhe
23 23     Karlsruhe
24 24     G Hunter 40 = SNG 326
25 25     Glendining Lockett 12, 21–23/IX/1961, 3041
26 26     C. Crippa II/1965, 456
27 27     MM list 325/1971, 5
28 28     Leu 10/1974, 67 = ex MM VIII/1949, 894
29 29     Hirsch 118/1979, 765
30 30     Birkler and Waddell II/1980, 308
31 31     ✸ Niggeler 2/1966, lot 577 = ex Naville XI/1925, Levis coll., lot 356 = Numismatica Genevensis 7, 27 Nov. 2012, lot 337
32 32     Mazzini coll., pl. XLII, 1
33 33     Coll. A = ex Leu 13/1975, 399