RPC I, 2038

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2038
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
Obverse design bust of Messalina, right; two ears of corn before
Reverse inscription Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design view of building
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 31
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P Rec, pl. LXVI.7
2 2     L: 1844,1015.140 BMC 14 = Rec, pl. LXVI.8 = M. Price and B. Trell, Greek Coins and Their Cities, 100, fig 121
3 3     B: 392/1925
4 4     Prowe (Egger 1904) lot 1194
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1729
6 6     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 126, 5 Mar. 2023, lot 636