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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4585899, member: 75937&quot;]<i>Let&#039;s see your Antonia Minor coins or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Antonia was a central figure in the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was born about 36 BC, the younger of the two daughters of Marc Antony by Octavia, the sister of Augustus. Antonia married Drusus the Elder, the second son of Augustus&#039; wife Livia and brother of the emperor Tiberius. She and Drusus had three children: Germanicus, the father of the emperor Caligula; Livilla; and the emperor Claudius.</p><p><br /></p><p>She lived to see the accession of her grandson Caligula to the throne in AD 37, who at first conferred upon her the greatest honors, but afterwards treated her with so much contempt that her death in AD 39 was hastened by his conduct. According to some accounts, he administered poison to her.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Antonia was celebrated for her beauty, virtue, and chastity, the following conversation arose in a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/uh-oh.360880/page-6#post-4585400" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/uh-oh.360880/page-6#post-4585400">thread elsewhere</a> that I don&#039;t want to hijack:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I concede the portrait on the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/545e3d22-1090-4ac6-9165-c70f37cd48db-png.1135614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/545e3d22-1090-4ac6-9165-c70f37cd48db-png.1135614/">coin in question</a> is not particularly flattering.</p><p><br /></p><p>But she&#039;s not unattractive on this posthumous commemorative issued under her son, Claudius.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antonia-dupondius-jpg.960028/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antonia, Augusta AD 37 and 41.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.10 gm, 28.3 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 41-50.</p><p>Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia, draped and bare-headed right, hair in long plait.</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 92; BMC 166; Cohen <i>Antonia</i> 6; RCV 1902; CBN 143; Carson 405.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the artistry on coin portraits varies widely, with some portraits of fine style and others of ... well ... not so fine style. Statuary provides us with perhaps a fuller picture of her historical appearance. Here are some examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135675[/ATTACH]</p><p>The so-called <i>Juno Ludovisi</i> bust of Antonia, Palazzo Altemps, Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135676[/ATTACH]</p><p>Oxford, Ashmolean Museum</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135677[/ATTACH]</p><p>Paris, Louvre[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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