RPC I, 5145

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5145
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Valeria Messallina
Issue LΔ = year 4
Dating AD 43/4
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ), L Δ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδι(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κὸς) Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus emperor, of year 4
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ
Edition Μεσσαλῖνα 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
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 13.42 g
Specimens 4 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 125
2 2     ✸ O: HCR25432 M 94
3 3     L: BNK,G.925 BMC 73
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 116 = Grün Auktion 15, 1995, lot 1052