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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2651717, member: 75937&quot;]Nice! Agrippina I is hard to come by in any grade!</p><p><br /></p><p>My Agrippina I sestertius has the big ol&#039; SC on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586792[/ATTACH] </p><p>Agrippina I </p><p>AE Sestertius </p><p>27.92 gm, 34.8 mm. 7h </p><p>Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD </p><p>Obverse: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right. </p><p>Reverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC. </p><p>Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>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:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586793[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius and Agrippina II </p><p>AE 12 Nummia </p><p>Bosporos, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54 </p><p>9.30 gm; 25.0 mm </p><p>Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC, laureate head of Claudius, right. </p><p>Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, head of Agrippina II, left, in loop ponytail; BAK before. </p><p>Refs: SGI 5438; RPC 1925; BMC 13.52,7; Anokhin Bosporus 348; SNG Copenhagen 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is mentioned by name, though without a portrait, on this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586794[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antonius Felix, Procurator under Claudius, AD 52-60 </p><p>AE Prutah </p><p>Roman Judaea, Caesaria mint, AD 54 </p><p>2.42 g; 17.2 mm </p><p>Obv: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ (Julia Agrippina, wife of Claudius) within a wreath tied at the bottom with an X. </p><p>Rev: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟC ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ, two crossed palm fronds, LΙΔ (year 14) below.</p><p>Refs: Hendin 651; Meshorer TJC 342</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;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:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586796[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius and Agrippina II (or Trajan and Plotina)</p><p>Roman Provincial AE 15 </p><p>Syria: Coele-Syria, Claudia Leucas (Balanea) </p><p>3.06 g; 15.2 mm </p><p>Obv: ΛΕVΚΑΔΙ <font size="6">ω</font>Ν, radiate head of emperor, r. </p><p>Rev: Τ<font size="6">ω</font>ΝΚΑI ΚΛΑVΔΙΑΙ<font size="6">ω</font>Ν, head of empress, r., wearing crescent. </p><p>Refs: SGI 508; BMC 20, p. 296, no. 1, pl. XXXVII, 1; Lindgren I 2180; RPC I 4465[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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