RPC I, 3657

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3657
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Valeria Messallina
Person (rev.) Claudia Antonia
Dating AD 48
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ
Edition Μεσσαλλῖνα Σεβαστοῦ
Translation Messalina, (wife) of Augustus
Obverse design draped bust of Messalina, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤωΝΙΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Ἀντωνία Σεβαστή
Translation Antonia Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Antonia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.20 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 29, Ganschow 47
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
Note For attribution, see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 27335/6 Trillmich, Taf. 15.9
2 2     B: Crete, I-B Trillmich, Taf. 15.8
3 3     B: Crete, I-B Trillmich, Taf. 15.8
4 4     G Crete 5, SNG 2204
5 5     P: Incertaines Essays Mattingly, 103, n. 3
6 6     ✸ Leu WA 19, 19 Feb. 2022, lot 2305 = Sternberg XXI (1988), lot 357 = MMAG 41 (1970), 586
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Roma Numismatics EA 103, 24 Nov. 2022, lot 730