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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Aeolis| > RP73030
Messalina, Wife of Claudius. Augusta 41 - 48 A.D., Aegae, Aeolis
|Aeolis|, |Messalina,| |Wife| |of| |Claudius.| |Augusta| |41| |-| |48| |A.D.,| |Aegae,| |Aeolis|, Messalina was Claudius' 3rd wife and mother of Britannicus and Claudia Octavia. They were married when she was 14. In 48 A.D., while Claudius was away in Ostia, even though she was married to the emperor, Messalina married her lover, Gaius Silius. Silius was executed and Messalina driven to suicide.
RP73030. Bronze AE 18, RPC I 2430 (6 spec.), SNG Cop 23, SNG Lewis 1413, Weber 5470, BMC Troas -, F, green patina with earthen highlighting, Aiolis, Aigai (near Yuntdagi Koseler, Turkey) mint, weight 3.116g, maximum diameter 17.6mm, die axis 180o, 43 - 48 A.D.; obverse MECCAΛEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right; reverse AIΓAEWN, Zeus Aëtophorus standing left, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand; ex Triton XIII Sale, part of lot 2209, ex J.S. Wagner collection; rare portrait issue of Messalina in her own name; SOLD











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