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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4258587, member: 98035"]An incredible find!</p><p><br /></p><p>Asinius Gallus, Governor of Syria</p><p>6-5 BC</p><p>AE16 of Temnos, Aiolis</p><p>ΑCΙΝΙΟC ΓΑΛΛΟC ΑΓΝΟC, Bare head of Gallus right</p><p>ΑΠΟΛΛΑC ΦΑΙΝΙΟY ΤΑΜΝΙΤΑΝ, Head of Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably the most common of the "Augustus posse" from the late 1st century BC, but still quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Asinius Gallus is perhaps best known for marrying Vipsania Agrippina when Tiberius was forced to divorce her against his will to marry Julia the Elder to play into Augustus' dynastic schemes. Gallus spent the rest of his political career butting heads with Tiberius - he openly claimed to be the biological father of Drusus, and mocked the new emperor as he accepted the titles of the Principate. Surprisingly he gave Tiberius no reason to arrest him until about 30, when he was arrested on treason charges and held in jail until he died of malnutrition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4258587, member: 98035"]An incredible find! Asinius Gallus, Governor of Syria 6-5 BC AE16 of Temnos, Aiolis ΑCΙΝΙΟC ΓΑΛΛΟC ΑΓΝΟC, Bare head of Gallus right ΑΠΟΛΛΑC ΦΑΙΝΙΟY ΤΑΜΝΙΤΑΝ, Head of Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy [ATTACH=full]1085616[/ATTACH] Probably the most common of the "Augustus posse" from the late 1st century BC, but still quite scarce. Asinius Gallus is perhaps best known for marrying Vipsania Agrippina when Tiberius was forced to divorce her against his will to marry Julia the Elder to play into Augustus' dynastic schemes. Gallus spent the rest of his political career butting heads with Tiberius - he openly claimed to be the biological father of Drusus, and mocked the new emperor as he accepted the titles of the Principate. Surprisingly he gave Tiberius no reason to arrest him until about 30, when he was arrested on treason charges and held in jail until he died of malnutrition.[/QUOTE]
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