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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2667410, member: 72818&quot;]This bronze struck in Lydia caught my eye because of the portraits----they are artistically rendered in &#039;fine style&#039; and also display a bust of Agrippina Minor missing from my collection. I was undecided whether to go after it because of the wear and rough surfaces but the portraits eventually won me over. I&#039;m not sure if this type is considered scarce but it seems to be rarely offered for sale. Fortunately, I was able to negotiate a substantially lower price than initially listed and I&#039;m more than content with the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those unfamiliar with Agrippina Minor....She was a Roman Empress and one of the more prominent women in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-Claudian_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-Claudian_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Julio-Claudian dynasty</a>. She was a&nbsp; great-granddaughter of the Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a>, great-niece and adoptive&nbsp; granddaughter of the Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" rel="nofollow">Tiberius</a>, sister of the Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" rel="nofollow">Caligula</a>, niece and fourth wife of the Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius" rel="nofollow">Claudius</a>, and mother of the Emperor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero" rel="nofollow">Nero</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agrippina the Younger has been described by both ancient&nbsp; and modern sources as ‘ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering’. Many ancient historians accuse&nbsp; Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius with mushrooms, though accounts vary. Suetonius mentions Nero glibly joking that &quot;Mushrooms are the food of the Gods&quot;--- an apparent reference to how &#039;poor old Claudius&#039; was sped to his apotheosis as a deity by poisoned mushrooms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to pile on.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>CLAUDIUS, 41-54 A.D.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>CLAUDIUS and AGRIPPINA</i></p><p><i>Bronze (16mm, 5.18gm.) Lydia: Thyateira, 50 A.D. </i></p><p><i>TI KLAUDIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS, bare head of Claudius right.</i></p><p><i>AGRIPPINAN SEBASTHN QUATIRHN[OI], draped bust of Agrippina right.</i></p><p><i>Reference: RPC 2380. SNG Munich 611</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]593147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]593148[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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