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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3077104, member: 74834&quot;]I found this attractive and rare little Roman Provincial bronze at a Belgian coin show. It was issued in the important port of Cyzicus, on the Anatolian side of the Sea of Marmora - during the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54). </p><p>The cozy, sociable mini coin shows the three surviving children of the emperor, Brittannicus (called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannicus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannicus" rel="nofollow">Germanicus</a> the Younger) on the obverse and Antonia and Octavia on the reverse. None of these was going to survive the violence of their step brother&#039;s Nero&#039;s reign. </p><p><br /></p><p>AE11 Cyzicus, Brittannicus, Antonia and Octavia (under Claudius).&nbsp; Obv. Head of Britannicus right. [Unreadable text: NEOS GERMANIKOS]. K-Y in the field. Rev. Busts of his sisters facing each other. AN-OKTA. 12 mm, 1.63 gr. RPC 2248. Not on Acsearch or Coinarchives, but it is on Wildwinds. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774151[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>To show the size of this tiny coin, here it is on the nail of my thumb: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]774153[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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