RPC I, 1115C

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1115C
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Messene
Reign Uncertain
Issue Julio-Claudian
Dating 27 BC - 68 AD
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΗΝΙWΝ
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, wearing mural crown
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Zeus standing, facing., holding long sceptre, eagle on l. arm outstreched; in r. field, wreath
Metal Æ
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RPC (b) and (d); Grandjean serie XVI β 685–688 and pl. XXIV
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     ✸ LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 761.2
2     P: 1763
3     L: 1922,0104.7
4 –10     see Grandjean
11     CGT coll. = Auctiones 17, 16 June 2013, lot 38 ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 762 ex BCD coll.