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Image of specimen #6 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2038 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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 |
Edition | Μεσσαλεῖνα Σεβαστὴ Νέα Ἥρα |
Translation | Messalina Augusta New Hera |
Obverse design | bust of Messalina, right; two ears of corn before |
Reverse inscription | Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΣ, ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ |
Edition | Γ(άϊος) Κάδιος Ῥοῦφος ἀνθύπατος Νεικαιεῶν |
Translation | Gaius Cadius Rufus proconsul, of the Nicaeans |
Reverse design | view of building |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 16.34 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Rec 31 |
Specimens | 6 (3 in the core collections) |