DR-582 | Crawford: 435/1
Marcus Valerius Messalla
Marcus Valerius Messalla
Gens: Valeria
Moneyer: Marcus Valerius Messalla
Date and mint: 53 BC - Rome
Obverse: Bust of Roma, right, Corinthian helmet with feather on both sides and spear on shoulders. Dotted border. Dotted border.
Legend: MESSAL F
Symbols: Reverse below, Scepter with diadem
Reverse: Curul chair. Dotted border.
Legend: PATRE COS S C
Comment: The symbols on the reverse allude to an ancestor named Valerius Publicola who was Consul in the first year of the establishment of the republic.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2018)
Price: 3,570 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 435/1 |
| DR: | 582 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Roma 3927 |
| B (Babelon): | Valeria 13 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Valeria 13 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 1170 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 401 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 934 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 1327 |
| RBW: | 1547 |
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