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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
435/1
435/1
Image courtesy of: Numismatica Ars Classica

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
Other authors:

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