RPC I, 5162

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5162
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Valeria Messallina
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 44/5
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ), L Ε
Edition Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδι(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κὸς) Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor, of year 5
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
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 12.98 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (9 in the core collections)
Note Cf. RPC I, 5164
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 127
2 2     O: HCR25439 M 103
3 3     ✸ L: TOW.145 BMC 74
4 4     Wishnevsky coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 2024, lot 117
5 5     J.G. Kiss Coll. (ex Concordia Numismatic 19, 30 Aug. 2024, lot 882)