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
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
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