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.)	Messallina
Person (rev.)	Britannicus (Caesar) ; Claudia Antonia ; Octavia
Obverse inscription	MESSALLINA AVGVSTI
Obverse design	bust of Messalina, r.
Reverse inscription	OCTAVIA BRITANNICVS ANTONIA
Reverse design	the three children of Claudius and Messalina. Octavia and Britannicus hold hands; Antonia has a modius (?) on her head and holds a cornucopia
Metal	Silver
Average weight	7.16 g
Reference	S 63, BMC 242, RIC 124, Ganschow 43
External URI(s)	http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).cl.124
Specimens	4
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.