RPC I, 2033

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2033
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Valeria Messallina
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47–8
Obverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΝΕΑ ΗΡΑ
Edition Μεσσαλεῖνα Σεβαστὴ Νέα Ἥρα
Translation Messalina Augusta New Hera
Obverse design bust of Messalina, right
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Κάδιος Ῥοῦφος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαιεῶν
Translation Gaius Cadius Rufus proconsul, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design front view of building, with side walls showing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.28 g
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