AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI / S P Q R MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE Sestertius, Rome 37 C 1, RIC I 55 (under Caligula) Show your Agrippinas!
Ok, but don't say I didn't warn you... (to this day I still don't know what possessed me to buy this coin- I must have 'been on' something I guess). .....the reverse is still quite nice...
Pretty rough, I found it in a lot of uncleaned coins, but here it is: Bronze Sestertius Rome mint, A.D. 50-54 Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP, encircling SC RIC (Claudius) 102 34mm, 26.1g.
Nice! Agrippina I is hard to come by in any grade! My Agrippina I sestertius has the big ol' SC on the reverse: Agrippina I AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm. 7h Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD Obverse: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right. Reverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC. Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3. Agrippina II is a little easier to come by, but she is not represented on any imperial issues in my collection. Instead, I have a couple of provisionals depicting her: Claudius and Agrippina II AE 12 Nummia Bosporos, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54 9.30 gm; 25.0 mm Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC, laureate head of Claudius, right. Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, head of Agrippina II, left, in loop ponytail; BAK before. Refs: SGI 5438; RPC 1925; BMC 13.52,7; Anokhin Bosporus 348; SNG Copenhagen 31. She is mentioned by name, though without a portrait, on this one: Antonius Felix, Procurator under Claudius, AD 52-60 AE Prutah Roman Judaea, Caesaria mint, AD 54 2.42 g; 17.2 mm Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ (Julia Agrippina, wife of Claudius) within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X. Rev: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ, two crossed palm fronds, LΙΔ (year 14) below. Refs: Hendin 651; Meshorer TJC 342 And she may be depicted on this little bronze, though scholars disagree. BMC, Sear, and Lindren attribute it to Claudius and Agrippina II; however, Imhoof-Blumer and RPC note that the obverse bust has Trajan's features, with a similarity to other coins of Trajan from Claudia Leucas (Balanea), and that the reverse has the facial features and hairstyle of Plotina: Claudius and Agrippina II (or Trajan and Plotina) Roman Provincial AE 15 Syria: Coele-Syria, Claudia Leucas (Balanea) 3.06 g; 15.2 mm Obv: ΛΕVΚΑΔΙ ωΝ, radiate head of emperor, r. Rev: ΤωΝΚΑI ΚΛΑVΔΙΑΙωΝ, head of empress, r., wearing crescent. Refs: SGI 508; BMC 20, p. 296, no. 1, pl. XXXVII, 1; Lindgren I 2180; RPC I 4465
Really nice posts everyone!! I obtained a very worn and porous example about two years ago.......and I always meant to up-grade but I'm constantly diverted by so many other coins LOL
Yes, but I found Agrippina not harder to find (or more expensive, for that matter) than a Caligula Sestertius in similar state. Your Agrippina does not look like a compromise like mine and most others do (and certainly must be considering what a flawless Sestertius of that time period costs), by the way! Congratulations!!! :-D
Well, since I just won an upgrade on a dupondius of Antonia (compare to second photo) I'll post it here. Naturally, I was winning it at LOW retail until a competitor kept throwing rapid fire bids at it just before the close of auction.....so it went for about average retail for the type and grade Draped bust of Antonia, Claudius standing left;16.8 gram 31 mm.
Actually this is the one and only coin I ever bought where I cared more for the reverse than the portrait. I even preferred it over an "SC" Agrippina (under Claudius) I was offered for the same price that had a (slightly) better obverse. As I bought mine on eBay, I sent it to David Sear for certification. He graded it F / good F and noted that it shares it´s reverse die with the specimen in the British Museum (BMCRE 81-5, Plate 30, 5)
