RPC I, 3627


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3627 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	3627
Province	Cappadocia
Region	Cappadocia
City	Caesarea
Reign	Claudius
Person (obv.)	Valeria Messallina
Person (rev.)	Britannicus (Caesar) ; Claudia Antonia ; Claudia Octavia
Obverse inscription	MESSALLINA AVGVSTI
Obverse design	bust of Messalina, right
Reverse inscription	OCTAVIA BRITANNICVS ANTONIA
Reverse design	the three children of Claudius and Messalina. Claudia Octavia and Britannicus hold hands; Antonia has a modius (?) on her head and holds a cornucopia
Metal	silver
Reference	S 63, BMC 242, RIC 124, Ganschow 43
External URI(s)	http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.124
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–2: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die.
Note	AR 86%. The didrachm of Divus Claudius and Messalina reported in P by Mattingly (BMC, p. 282*) cannot be found, and anyway seems implausible.