RPC I, 2130

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2130
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Valeria Messallina
Issue Year 86
Dating 4(0)/1
Obverse inscription TI CLAVDIVS CAES AVG C I F ANNO LXXXVI
Edition Ti(berius) Claudius Caes(ar) Aug(ustus) c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) anno LXXXVI
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), in the year 86
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription MESSALLINA AVGVSTA
Edition Messallina Augusta
Translation Messallina Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Messalina, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.77 g
Axis 6
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Messalina is misspelled MESSALLINA. She is probably given the title AVGVSTA, in error (but it is not really visible on any specimen, including 1 (Augusti cannot be ruled out).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Trau 385 (Hess, 1935) = UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1466
2 2     Sinop: 7-88-71 Casey 319
3 3     Sinop: 8-61-74 Casey 320
4 4     M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 156 = Auctiones 10, 12–13 June 1979, lot 170