RPC I, 5114

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5114
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Messallina
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 41
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚ(Ρ), LΑ
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, r.
Reverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ
Reverse design Messalina standing, l. veiled and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to l. lituus
Metal Silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Reference Walker 86
Specimens 1
Note AR 21.5%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Museum Bibliography
1     ✸ OTH coll. (ex K. Kress 160, 1974, lot 258; M&M 12, 10 Apr. 2003, lot 282; NAC 64, A. Campana coll., 2012, lot 2475; Naville Numismatics 47, 2019, lot 219) = Dattari 120 = Künker eLive 69, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 85