Claudius, Agrippina II and the death-cap mushroom

Not only is the scientific consensus that Agrippina II poisoned Claudius with mushrooms, but scientists have now synthesized the poison from the likely species she used -- the death cap mushroom.

Post your Agrippina II and/or Claudius coins!


Claudius and Agrippina II.
Roman provincial Æ 12 Nummia, 9.30 gm; 25.0 mm.
Bosporos, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54.
Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC, laureate head of Claudius, right.
Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, head of Agrippina II, left, in loop ponytail; BAK before.
Refs: SGI 5438; RPC 1925; BMC 13.52,7; Anokhin Bosporus 348; SNG Copenhagen 31.

 

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..i have acres of wooded forest full of the real thing..not that i need or plan to use it ..it is morel mushroom hunting time here Claudius As

 

After the MASSIVE public embarrassment of his 1st marriage Claudius told his troops to kill him if he should ever marry a second time. They didn't. So she did!


Claudius

(AD 41-54), AE As, Rome,
42, bare head left, rev.
libertas avgvsta sc, Libertas
standing facing, head right,
holding pileus (RIC 113;
BMC 202; C.47


AgrippinaII & Claudius
Provincial Mints
Bronze 49/50, Ephesus
in Ionia. of both busts
next to each other/cult
of the Artemis of
Ephesus. RPC 2621

 

Magic Shrum Lady:

RI Agrippina II 50-59 CE AE Diobol 22mm 8.7g Egypt Alexandria Bust of Euthenia w Corn Wreath in Hair RPC 5188

Morel Loving Man - oops, wrong Shrum:

RI Claudius 41-54 Ae As 28mm LIBERTAS AVGVSTA holding pileus S-C RIC 100

Ooops... ANOTHER Wifey:

RProv Messalina-Claudius 41-54 CE Alexandria BI Tet yr 42-43 13.1g 25mm RPC I 5131

 

Claudius, AE Quadrans , AD 42.

O: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, hand holding scales, PNR in field; R: PON M TR P IMP PP COS II around S C. RIC 91, Cohen 73. 17 mm, 3.2 g.

 

nice

 

hahaha...o you player of words you

 

Yummy





His daddy:



His mother:

 

I usually have much room for mushrooms. And mushrooms can be funny too - quite fun guys (fungis !).

 

haha! O Bert, you get a badoom tish on that one!

 

Is the badoom tish my come-uppance for saying things unrelated to numismatics ?

 

We (well, at least I and a some others) love humor on this board TheOminusOne was just giving the onomatopoeic version of a classic rimshot to accentuate your joke

(and I love any opportunity to use fancy words )

 

Please TIF, one sill - uh - bowl words on-lee. I dont get it...


Makedon Antigonos I Monopthalmus 319-305 BC AR Drachm Magnesia and Maeandrum Mint 3-9g 16-5mm Herakles lion-Zeus

 

..pronouced on o mono pia ..( a word or phrase that sounds like what it describes..* the dictionary of the ominus1^^)