RPC I, 1032

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1032
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Valeria Messallina
Dating c. AD 41–3
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΕΡΜΑ ΣΕΒΑ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδιος Καῖσαρ Γερμα(νικὸς) Σεβα(στός)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, left
Reverse inscription ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑ ΜΕΣΣΑΛΕΙΝΑ
Edition Οὐαλερία Μεσσαλεῖνα
Translation Valeria Messallina
Reverse design bust of Messalina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.94 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 25
Specimens 18 (13 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9
2 2     L BMC 10
3 3     L BMC 11
4 4     L: 1947,0606.689 Cameron
5 5     P: 608
6 6     V: GR 39175
7 7     A
8 8     B: Löbb.
9 9     B: Fox
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     C McClean 7219
12 12     NY: 1948.4.102
13 13     O: HCR83741
14 14     O: HCR83742
15 15     ✸ CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 491 = NAC 38, 21 Mar. 2007, lot 21 = Leu 30, 28 Apr. 1982, lot 304 = Glendining, 20 Nov. 1969, lot 40 = Ars Classica XVII, 3 Oct. 1934, lot 1262 = Naville XI (H.C. Levis Collection), 18 Jun. 1925, lot 357.
16 16     NAC 92, 23 May 2016, lot 491
17 17     Künker 153, 14 Mar. 2009, lot 8624
18 18     Gorny & Mosch 118, 15 Oct. 2002, lot 1699