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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7912184, member: 91461&quot;]And daughter of Julia the elder, Augustus lone child and freaking Agrippa himself! The man who won Augustus battles for him<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Both her mother and her daughter were known for being tarts. But not Agrippina senior, wife of national hero Germanicus . The site of her fleeing with the kids (Caligula included) made for such a sensational scene that the mutinous/nearly soldiers wept, apologized and gave up the main antagonists of the insurection for immediate execution.</p><p><br /></p><p>Huge coingrats [USER=75936]@GregH[/USER] !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Talk about a coin to be jealous of (and believe me, I am<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Your coin selection and taste are always a pleasure to observe<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Though, I do enjoy your pictures<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> of all the wild and exotic lands you visit as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s mum:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366248[/ATTACH]</p><p>Posthumous Coinage of Augustus</p><p>Julia Daughter of Augustus by his first wife Scribonia. Born 39 BC, she was the wife of Marcellus, Agrippa and Tiberius, respectively. Banished by her father to the island of Pandataria in 2 BC, she remained there 5 years and then was allowed to reside in Rhegium, where she died in 14 AD.</p><p>Livia and Julia under Augustus. Bronze 10-2 BC, Pergamum/Mysia. LIBIAN HPAN XAPINOS Draped bust of Livia (as Hera) to r. Rev.( IO)YLIAN (AFP)ODIT(HN) Draped bust of Julia (as Venus)&nbsp; to r 18 mm,. 3,79 g. BMC 248. RPC 2359. Vagi 370. Very rare</p><p>Ex: Savoca Blue 89</p><p>&quot;Livia has two distinct portrait types. The first, characterized by a hair nodus on her forehead and best represented on the marble bust in Copenhagen, is not represented on Roman issues but only on provincial coins. The second, with a centre part of the hairstyle in place of the nodus, is present on the dupondii minted under her son Tiberius in Roma. Marble sculptures are known where the first portrait type with a nodus was later reworked into the second portrait type, confirming the sequence of the portrait types. AMP. This coin allows us to differentiate between the portrait of Julia, daughter of Augustus, from Livia (Julia Augusta) his wife. Julia is shown as the goddess Aphrodite, Livia as the goddess Hera. On most other provincial coins the name Julia Augusta refers to Livia, not Julia, which can be very misleading.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Papa (a coin you might recognize, my friend):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366258[/ATTACH]</p><p>Agrippa</p><p>Æ As. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him &amp; over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand &amp; vertical trident in left. Cohen 3. Former CT pal [USER=75936]@GregH[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Her and hubby:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366290[/ATTACH] </p><p>Agrippina/Germanicus</p><p>(Died 19 and 33, respectively). PHRYGIA. Aezanis. Ae. 17 MM 3.4 gr Lollios Klassikos, magistrate.</p><p>Obv: ΓЄPMANIKOC.</p><p>&nbsp;Laureate head of Germanicus right.</p><p>&nbsp;Rev: AΓPIΠΠINA ЄΠI KΛACCIKOV AIZANITωN.</p><p>&nbsp;Draped bust of Agrippina right.</p><p>RPC I 3081; SNG Copenhagen 71-2</p><p><br /></p><p>And then one rare barbarous looking coin of her infamous son. The 500 German barbarians who were Caligula&#039;s bodyguard, had such reverence for his father&#039;s memory, that they went berserk and killed nearly indiscriminately when finding out of his murder. Kinda cool to think that this coin might&#039;ve been struck by them:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366259[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caligula (Gaius)</p><p>AE AS Rome Mint 37-38 CE 27mm, 8.30 gr Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left REVERSE: VESTA S C, Vesta enthroned left, long scepter transveres in left RIC: 38, Sear 1803, Cohen 27, BMC I 46</p><p>Note: Possible Barbarous[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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