RPC I, 2033

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2033
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Messallina
Magistrate C. Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47-8
Obverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΝΕΑ ΗΡΑ
Obverse design bust of Messalina, r.
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design front view of building, with side walls showing
Metal Æ
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 795 Wa 391 = Rec, pl. LXVI.9; rev. = M. Price and B. Trell Greek Coins and Their Cities, 100, fig. 183
2 2     ✸ Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 475
3 3     Pars Coins 24, 28 Mar. 2022, lot 216
4 4     Boston: 1982.388