RPC I, 1115D

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1115D
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 Artemis standing facing, head right, wearing a short chiton, right hand holding a spear, left hand resting on column; at her feet, a dog
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 7.81 g
Reference RPC (e); Grandjean serie XVI γ 689 and pl. XXV
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Formerly Cancia coll.
2 2     P: 1765
3 3 –6     see Grandjean