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.) Valeria Messallina
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 41
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ), L Α
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδι(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κὸς) Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor, of year 1
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ
Edition Μεσσαλίνα Καίσ(αρος) Σεβασ(τοῦ)
Translation Messalina, wife of Caesar Augustus
Reverse design Messalina standing, left veiled and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.91 g
Reference Walker 86
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note AR 21.5%
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 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