RPC I, 5164

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5164
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Claudius
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Messallina
Issue LϚ = year 6
Dating AD 45/6
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚ(Ρ), LϚ
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
Metal Silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Walker 104–10
Specimens 7 (35 in the core collections)
Note AR 24.6%

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 129
2 2     O: HCR25442 M 106
3 3     L BMC 75
4 4     Naville Numismatics 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 309
5 5     Naville Numismatics 45, 9 Dec. 2018, lot 196
6 6     B: 18233994
7 7     ✸ CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1165