RPC I, 2034

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2034
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Messallina
Magistrate Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
Dating c. 47–8
Obverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΝΕΑ ΗΡΑ
Obverse design bust of Messalina, left
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design front view of building, with side walls showing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 7, 12
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note As 2074, theses coins erroneously give Messalina the title Augusta.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Waddell 9.12.1982, lot 96
2 2     Naville XI, Levis coll., 18 June 1925, lot 355
3 3     Finarte Asta 995 [Fontana coll.], 27 Nov. 1996, lot 778
4 4     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 709 = Moruzzi Numismatica, Flavia 2007, Catalogui di vendita a prezzi netti, lot 4
5 5     Naumann 117, 5 June 2022, lot 580
6 6     ✸ CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 387