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.) 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, to left lituus
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.36 g
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