| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2074
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| Volume |
I |
| Number |
2074 |
| Province |
Bithynia-Pontus
|
| Region |
Bithynia
|
| City |
Nicomedia
|
| Reign |
Claudius
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| Person (obv.) |
Valeria Messallina
|
| Magistrate |
Gaius Cadius Rufus (proconsul)
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| Dating |
c. 47/8 |
| Obverse inscription |
ΜΕΣΣΑΛΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΝΕΑ ΗΡΑ |
| Edition |
Μεσσαλεῖνα Σεβαστὴ Νέα Ἥρα
|
| Translation |
Messalina Augusta New Hera |
| Obverse design |
draped bust of Messalina, right; before, two poppies |
| Reverse inscription |
ΕΠΙ Γ ΚΑΔΙΟΥ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΩΝΟΣ |
| Edition |
ἐπὶ Γ(αΐου) Κάδιου Ῥούφου ἀνθυπάτου πάτρωνος
|
| Translation |
under Gaius Cadius Rufus, proconsul, patron |
| Reverse design |
laureate and draped bust of Apollo, left, with lyre in front; two monograms including ΝΕΡ and ΜΗΤ |
| Metal |
copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter |
28 mm |
| Average weight |
12.99 g |
| Reference |
Rec 23 = Rec Nicea 34 |
| Specimens |
4 (2 in the core collections) |
| Note |
The head on the rev. was interpreted as Britannicus in Rec Nicaea 34, but the lyre identifies it as Apollo.
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