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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3059096, member: 75937"]Not only is the <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/case-closed-claudius-kill/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/case-closed-claudius-kill/" rel="nofollow">scientific consensus</a> that Agrippina II poisoned Claudius with mushrooms, but <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b12698#.WtnKzFqq5kk.facebook" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b12698#.WtnKzFqq5kk.facebook" rel="nofollow">scientists have now synthesized the poison</a> from the likely species she used -- the death cap mushroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Agrippina II and/or Claudius coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767017[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius and Agrippina II. </p><p>Roman provincial Æ 12 Nummia, 9.30 gm; 25.0 mm. </p><p>Bosporos, under King Kotys I, AD 50-54. </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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3059096, member: 75937"]Not only is the [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/case-closed-claudius-kill/']scientific consensus[/URL] that Agrippina II poisoned Claudius with mushrooms, but [URL='https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b12698#.WtnKzFqq5kk.facebook']scientists have now synthesized the poison[/URL] from the likely species she used -- the death cap mushroom. Post your Agrippina II and/or Claudius coins! [ATTACH=full]767017[/ATTACH] 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.[/QUOTE]
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