Monday 18 February 2013

Antonia

Antonia
Mother of Emperor Claudius.
(b: 36 B.C. - d. 37 A.D.)

Antonia, AE Dupondius, Rome, R.I.C. 92
Coin: AE Dupondius, posthumous issue.

Ob: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped, bare head, facing to the right, hair in a long plait.
Rv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP,
Claudius, veiled and togate, standing to the left, his right hand holding a Simpulum.
S - C across the fields.

Weight: 10.09 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Mint: Rome, struck between 41 - 50 A.D.
Reference: R.I.C. 92; B.M.C. 166
Note: I purchased this with some other uncleaned
Roman coins in 2007, sold to a buyer from Massachusetts, U.S.A. in 2011.

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