On today's date, 1,964 years ago, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, natural son of Claudius and heir to the empire of Rome, "chokes" on some hot cocoa (a warm drink universally regarded as having been poisoned on Nero's orders) paving the way for the triple threat (singer, musician and actor. Why, what other kind of threat could he be?) Nero to be the undisputed ruler. As well as the last of the Julio/Claudian line (thanks a lot NerdO). Britannicus, with Octavia and Antonia Mysia 41-55 CE Claudius large 28mm bronze Roman coin of Emperor Claudius. The script on the obverse is TI NerO 54-68 CE. AE Dupondius of Lugdunum, 66. Laureate head / Securitas seated with sceptre. RIC.445 Please post your coins of Britannicus, Claudius, Messalina, Nero, Agrippina or whomever you deem relevant!
Nice little story @Ryro and great coins. Fun to read your posts! Here are some of mine: BRITANNICUS Judaea Claudius w-Britannicus CE 41-54 Æ Prutah 17mm 2.8g Antonius Felix-procurator Dated RY 14 54 CE 2-crossed shields spears - Palm tree BPIT K AI L IΔ date Hendin 1348 CLAUDIUS RI Claudius 41-54 Ae As 28mm LIBERTAS AVGVSTA holding pileus S-C RIC 113 MESSALINA RProv Valeria Messalina married to-Claudius 41-54 CE Alexandria BI Tet yr 42-43 13.1g 25mm RPC I 5131 AGRIPPINA RI Agrippina II 50-59 BCE AE 26mm Egypt Bust of Euthenia w Corn in Hair RPC 5188 Here is the guy who started the Nero shut-down: VINDEX: RI Civil War VINDEX 68-69 CE AR Denarius 3.22g Gallic mint SALVS GENERIS HVMANI Victory l globe - SPQR in wreath RIC 72 BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 RARE o Ex: @Valentinian
Thanks Bro DiMaggio. I always appreciate you sharing your magnificent coinage! Not sure if I'm more jealous of your Messalina or your Vindex...nevermind, def your Vindex! What an amazing piece of history you own right there (he typed while wiping the drool from his chin). I noticed my Agrippina missing from the op. Though I found her hanging out with one of the lowest dreggs of society, an actor! Yuck!! Here she is:
Thanks my man! I thought I remembered you sharing a lovely coin of Nero in a previous thread of yours...
Antonia Minor certainly fits in this thread ! She could have been the grandma of Brittanicus, but died a few years before he was born....... Antonia, dupondius. 26,8 mm, 13,82 g. Obv. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S-C, Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum. RIC 92
...so, here is another one of his... yeah, you have seen this one before... RI Civil War Revolt of Vindex CE 68-69 AR Denarius 17mm 3.02g RIC I 62-RARE Even though this one is uglier, it seems harder to find...
Good point and wonderful coin! I have an Antonia: ANTONIA MINOR wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, mother of Germanicus and Claudius. Died 37 AD. Æ Dupondius (25 MM, 13.25 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 41-42 AD. Draped bust right / Claudius, veiled, standing left, holding simpulum. RIC I 92 (Claudius);
Catch-up... ANTONIA MINOR RI ANTONIA Minor AVGVSTA daughter of-Marc Antony wife of-Nero Claudius Drusus AE Dupondius 28mm 11.8g togate holding simpulum S-C
Could someone please tell me what kind of coin this is and when it's from if you have any idea, I was giving it years ago by my grandfather who used to collect coins before he passed and id love to find out more about it, thanks
It's a Hadrian like this: HADRIAN AE Sestertius OBVERSE: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, draped far shoulder REVERSE: HILARITAS P R S-C, COS III in ex, Hilaritas standing facing holding palm & cornucopia, two small children flanking her Struck at Rome, 128-134AD 25.30g, 35mm RIC 970
Late for the birthday party, but this one only recently arrived, and i am happy to show it: Poor little guy. Having been killed by Nero and then, almost two-thousand years later scholars mix your head with that of your murderous half brother... If only his father would be a bit more critical towards the ladies...?