Claudius I and Messalina. Tetradrachm; Claudius I and Messalina; Alexandria, Egypt, Year 3 = 42/3 AD, Billon Tetradrachm, 10.96g. RPC-5131 (25 spec.), Datt-123, Oxford-84, Cologne-75, Emmett-74/3. Obv: TI KLAV?I KAIS SEBA [GEPMANI AVTOKP] Head of Claudius laureate r., date LG before neck. Rx: MESSA?I - NA - KAIS - SEBAS Messalina, veiled, standing l., leaning on column and holding two small figures in r. hand and two wheat ears in l. arm. The two figures Messalina holds apparently represent Britannicus and Octavia, the two children she bore to Claudius. Acquired from Imperial Coins and Antiquities, with their ticket.. F
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