RPC I, 1115E

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1115E
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Messene
Reign Uncertain
Issue Julio-Claudian
Dating 27 BC – 68 AD
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΗΝΙΩΝ
Edition Μεσσηνίων
Translation of the Messenians
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, wearing mural crown
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff in right hand; to right, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 5.54 g
Reference RPC (c); Grandjean serie XVI δ690–695 and pl. XXV
Specimens 22 (5 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 44
2 2     L: 1920,0805.1320 BMC 44
3 3     P: 1764
4 4     V
5 5     Cop SNG 528
6 6 –22     see Grandjean