RPC I, 5163

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5163
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Messallina
Issue LΕ = year 5
Dating AD 44/5
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚ(Ρ), LΕ
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 25 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 128
2 2     ✸ O: HCR25437 M 101
3 3     L
4 4     CGT coll. = VAuction 308, 26 May 2014, lot 71
5 5     Boston: 1985.1028