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Image of specimen #7 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5164 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 5164 |
Province | Egypt |
Region | Egypt |
City | Alexandria |
Reign | Claudius |
Person (obv.) | Claudius (Augustus) |
Person (rev.) | Valeria Messallina |
Issue | LϚ = year 6 |
Dating | AD 45/6 |
Obverse inscription | ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚ(Ρ), L Ϛ |
Edition | Τι(βέριος) Κλαύδι(ος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στὸς) Γερμανι(κὸς) Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) (ἔτους) ϛʹ |
Translation | Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, emperor, of year 6 |
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 | 26 mm |
Average weight | 12.05 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Walker 104–10 |
Specimens | 8 (35 in the core collections) |
Note | AR 24.6% |