 Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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| Issuer: | MESSALINA, minted by Claudius, AD 41-54. Provincial Issue, Egypt, AR Tetradrachm (10.1 grams, 23.33 mm). |
| Obverse: | Greek legend: Head of Claudius to the right. Year 3 (LG). |
| Reverse: | Greek legend, Messalina standing left. |
| Reference: | Curtis 14-1. Grade: aVF/F+. |
| Comments: |
For more information, read the "Claudius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis. For recent scholarship on Messalina see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |
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