RPC I, 1115A

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1115A
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Messene
Reign Uncertain
Issue Julio-Claudian
Dating 27 BC – 68 AD
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Heracles, right, with lionskin
Reverse inscription ΜΕ
Edition Με(γαρέων)
Translation of the Megarians
Reverse design club; to left and right, and ΜΕ wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.54 g
Reference Grandjean serie XV 674–676 corr. and pl. XXIV
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 760
2 2 –3     see Granjean