RPC I, 1115C

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1115C
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Messene
Reign Uncertain
Issue Julio-Claudian
Dating 27 BC – 68 AD
Obverse inscription ΜΕϹϹΗΝΙΩΝ
Edition Μεσσηνίων
Translation of the Messenians
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, wearing mural crown
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Zeus standing, facing., holding long sceptre, eagle on left arm outstreched; in right field, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference RPC (b) and (d); Grandjean serie XVI β 685–688 and pl. XXIV
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 761.2
2 2     P: 1763
3 3     L: 1922,0104.7
4 4 –10     see Grandjean
11 11     CGT coll. = Auctiones 17, 16 June 2013, lot 38 ex LHS 96, 8 May 2006, lot 762 ex BCD coll.