RPC I, 2034

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2034
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, l.
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design front view of building, with side walls showing
Metal Æ
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note As 2074, theses coins erroneously give Messalina the title Augusta.

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