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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6443480, member: 110350"]Until a couple of months ago, my earliest royal woman portrayed on a Roman Imperial coin was Hadrian's wife Sabina (unless one believes that Pax on the reverse of the Tiberius "Tribute Penny" = Livia). Since then, I've acquired coins depicting Domitia (Domitian's wife), Julia Titi (Titus's daughter), and now, Antonia, known as Antonia "Minor" or "the Younger" (36 BCE - 37 AD) (her older sister was Antonia Major/the Elder). Antonia Minor was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (Augustus's sister) and, therefore, Augustus's niece. She was the wife of Nero Claudius Drusus; the mother of Claudius I and Germanicus (as well as Livilla, whom she allegedly punished for her plot with Sejanus by locking her in a room until she starved to death); the grandmother of Caligula (Germanicus's son); and the great-grandmother of Nero through her granddaughter Agrippina the Younger, daughter of Germanicus and mother of Nero. Her death was either a suicide or the result of poisoning by Caligula. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor</a>. (She was also a major character in "I, Claudius.") Thus, this coin, issued by her son approximately four years after her death, was a memorial issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius I, billon [Sear] or AR [RPC] Tetradrachm, Year 2 [41/42 AD], Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚΡ around, LΒ [Year 2] under chin / Rev. Draped bust of Antonia [Claudius’s mother] right, ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑ upwards to left, ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ downwards to right. ); RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. I 5117 (1992); RPC I Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5117" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5117" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5117</a>; Emmett 73.2 [Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Sear RCV I 1868 (ill.); Sear <i>GIC</i> 492 (ill.) [D. Sear, <i>Greek Imperial Coins and their Values </i>(1982)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 65 at p. 9 [Pool, Reginald Stuart, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria</i> (London, 1892)]; K & G 12.3 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, <i>Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria</i> (2008)]; Milne 61 [Milne, J., <i>A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum</i> (Oxford, 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay). 24 mm., 11.25 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255542[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the rough surfaces, I think this example has very nice details on the portraits, especially Antonia's. And the coin is quite silvery compared to most Alexandrian tets, especially later ones. (Note the cited disagreement on whether to call it "billon" or "AR.")</p><p><br /></p><p>My only other Roman Alexandrian coin issued prior to the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty is this tetradrachm issued by Nero, with the personification of Alexandria on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (65/66 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate bust of Nero with aegis, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ / Rev. Bust of Alexandria, right, wearing elephant headdress, AYTO-KPA around, LIB [Year 12] in right field. RPC I 5289, Emmett 109.12, Milne 238, Walker 159-167. 20x23 mm., 12.11 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255548[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do I mention this? Because the contrast between the number of Alexandrian coins issued by the Nerva-Antonines and the numbers issued before -- and even afterwards -- isn't present only in my collection; it's almost invevitable given the disparities in the numbers of different coins issued by the different emperors from Augustus to Diocletian. Here is a list I compiled, in order, of the ten Emperors/Empresses with the largest numbers of different coins of all denominations minted in Alexandria in their names (including Nomes coinage). The source is the numbers set forth for each person and for each denomination of that person in Emmett at pp. xxii-xxv; I have combined the numbers as Caesar and as Augustus where they are given for both.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Hadrian: 1,065</p><p>2. Antoninus Pius: 1,019</p><p>3. Trajan: 980</p><p>4. Marcus Aurelius: 546</p><p>5. Domitian; 289</p><p>6. Severus Alexander: 273</p><p>7. Faustina II: 233</p><p>8. Lucius Verus: 217</p><p>9. Commodus: 207</p><p>10. Diocletian: 176.</p><p><br /></p><p>The number for Claudius I is 86 (including only 9 different tetradrachms), and the number for Nero is 125.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think anyone who's collected Roman Alexandrian coins will be surprised by these numbers!</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any or all of the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Imperial or Provincial coins portraying Antonia Minor, whether from Alexandria or elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Provincial coins depicting Claudius I, whether from Alexandria or elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Provincial coins, from Alexandria or elsewhere -- are there any? -- depicting Antonia's husband, Nero Claudius Drusus, or Claudius I's son Britannicus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Roman Alexandrian coins from before the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6443480, member: 110350"]Until a couple of months ago, my earliest royal woman portrayed on a Roman Imperial coin was Hadrian's wife Sabina (unless one believes that Pax on the reverse of the Tiberius "Tribute Penny" = Livia). Since then, I've acquired coins depicting Domitia (Domitian's wife), Julia Titi (Titus's daughter), and now, Antonia, known as Antonia "Minor" or "the Younger" (36 BCE - 37 AD) (her older sister was Antonia Major/the Elder). Antonia Minor was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor (Augustus's sister) and, therefore, Augustus's niece. She was the wife of Nero Claudius Drusus; the mother of Claudius I and Germanicus (as well as Livilla, whom she allegedly punished for her plot with Sejanus by locking her in a room until she starved to death); the grandmother of Caligula (Germanicus's son); and the great-grandmother of Nero through her granddaughter Agrippina the Younger, daughter of Germanicus and mother of Nero. Her death was either a suicide or the result of poisoning by Caligula. See [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor[/URL]. (She was also a major character in "I, Claudius.") Thus, this coin, issued by her son approximately four years after her death, was a memorial issue. Claudius I, billon [Sear] or AR [RPC] Tetradrachm, Year 2 [41/42 AD], Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚΡ around, LΒ [Year 2] under chin / Rev. Draped bust of Antonia [Claudius’s mother] right, ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑ upwards to left, ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ downwards to right. ); RPC [[I]Roman Provincial Coinage[/I]] Vol. I 5117 (1992); RPC I Online at [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5117[/URL]; Emmett 73.2 [Emmett, Keith, [I]Alexandrian Coins[/I] (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Sear RCV I 1868 (ill.); Sear [I]GIC[/I] 492 (ill.) [D. Sear, [I]Greek Imperial Coins and their Values [/I](1982)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 65 at p. 9 [Pool, Reginald Stuart, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria[/I] (London, 1892)]; K & G 12.3 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, [I]Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria[/I] (2008)]; Milne 61 [Milne, J., [I]A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum[/I] (Oxford, 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay). 24 mm., 11.25 g. [ATTACH=full]1255542[/ATTACH] Despite the rough surfaces, I think this example has very nice details on the portraits, especially Antonia's. And the coin is quite silvery compared to most Alexandrian tets, especially later ones. (Note the cited disagreement on whether to call it "billon" or "AR.") My only other Roman Alexandrian coin issued prior to the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty is this tetradrachm issued by Nero, with the personification of Alexandria on the reverse. Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (65/66 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate bust of Nero with aegis, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ / Rev. Bust of Alexandria, right, wearing elephant headdress, AYTO-KPA around, LIB [Year 12] in right field. RPC I 5289, Emmett 109.12, Milne 238, Walker 159-167. 20x23 mm., 12.11 g. [ATTACH=full]1255548[/ATTACH] Why do I mention this? Because the contrast between the number of Alexandrian coins issued by the Nerva-Antonines and the numbers issued before -- and even afterwards -- isn't present only in my collection; it's almost invevitable given the disparities in the numbers of different coins issued by the different emperors from Augustus to Diocletian. Here is a list I compiled, in order, of the ten Emperors/Empresses with the largest numbers of different coins of all denominations minted in Alexandria in their names (including Nomes coinage). The source is the numbers set forth for each person and for each denomination of that person in Emmett at pp. xxii-xxv; I have combined the numbers as Caesar and as Augustus where they are given for both. 1. Hadrian: 1,065 2. Antoninus Pius: 1,019 3. Trajan: 980 4. Marcus Aurelius: 546 5. Domitian; 289 6. Severus Alexander: 273 7. Faustina II: 233 8. Lucius Verus: 217 9. Commodus: 207 10. Diocletian: 176. The number for Claudius I is 86 (including only 9 different tetradrachms), and the number for Nero is 125. I don't think anyone who's collected Roman Alexandrian coins will be surprised by these numbers! Please post any or all of the following: Other Imperial or Provincial coins portraying Antonia Minor, whether from Alexandria or elsewhere. Other Provincial coins depicting Claudius I, whether from Alexandria or elsewhere. Other Provincial coins, from Alexandria or elsewhere -- are there any? -- depicting Antonia's husband, Nero Claudius Drusus, or Claudius I's son Britannicus. Other Roman Alexandrian coins from before the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty.[/QUOTE]
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