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| Claudius (AD 41-54). Egypt. Alexandria BI Tetradrachm / Messalina |
$115.00 |
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Attribution: RPC I 5164; Emmett 74
Date: Dated Year 3 - AD 42/3
Obverse: TI KΛAVΔI KAIΣ ΣЄBA ΓЄPMANI AVTOKP, laureate head right; LΓ (date) in right field
Reverse: MЄΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒΑΣ, Messalina standing left, leaning on column, holding figures of two children and two grain ears
Size: 25.72mm
Weight: 11.17 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: toned nearing VF. Tag states: purchased at the Houston Coin Show February 1999 and went through the washer and dryer! Some collectors are just too brutally honest.
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