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AR21 - Claudius OCTAVIA BRITANNICVS ANTONIA

Features

Issuer Caesarea (Cappadocia)
Emperor Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Drusus) (41-54)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 41-54
Composition Silver
Weight 7.16 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
547669
References RPC Online I# 3627
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Bust of Messalina, right

Lettering: MESSALLINA AVGVSTI

Unabridged legend: Messallina Augusti

Translation: Messallina, wife of the Augustus

Reverse

The three children of Claudius and Messalina. Claudia Octavia and Britannicus hold hands; Antonia has a modius (?) on her head and holds a cornucopia

Lettering: OCTAVIA BRITANNICVS ANTONIA

Unabridged legend: Octavia Britannicus Antonia

Translation: Octavia, Britannicus, Antonia

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

S 63, BMC 242, RIC 124, Ganschow 43

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (41-54) 

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