EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/43).

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/43). Laureate head of Claudius right; L Γ (date) to right / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙ ΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing facing, head left, holding two small figures and grain ears, and leaning upon column to right. Köln 75; Dattari 123; K&G 12.22; RPC I 5131; Emmett 74.3. Toned, light porosity, slight obverse die shift. VF.

From the BLS Collection, purchased from CNG Inventory 847124 (June 2009).

The reverse type depicts Valeria Messalina, Claudius’ third wife, in the guise of Demeter. The two small figures in her right hand are identified as Britannicus and Claudia Octavia, her two children by Claudius.

Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 11:26:40 ET.

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