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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 9909287, member: 24754"]Until recently, I had a gapping hole in my collection pertaining to Mark Antony... and specifically his 3 wives that appeared on coinage. I made it a point to try to fill some of these holes and not only managed to knock out the ones on my list, but also snag a few others that weren't on the list. They are now some of my favorite coins, so I figured I would share them here:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Fulvia</b> was Antony's wife when the Second Triumvirate was established. As Antony's wife and Octavian's mother-in-law, she was the most powerful woman in Rome and didn't shy away from wielding her influence. She remained in Rome to look after Antony's affairs while he was galivanting around in the East pretending to be a god and banging every queen and noblewoman in sight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fulvia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522855[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fulvia became desperate when Antony started his very public affair with the Queen of Egypt, <b>Cleopatra VII</b>, with whom he would go on to have 3 children, and was further enraged when Octavian divorced her daughter. Octavian had been left with the unenviable task of satisfying land grants for soldiers that had supported the Triumvirate's rise to power, and he'd had to screw citizens out of their property to satisfy the debt. Fulvia decided to leverage the public disgruntlement by essentially going to war with Octavian. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleopatra</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522857[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Fulvia enlisted the support of Antony's brother, <b>Lucius Antony</b>, who was consul at the time. Coins were minted in support of their efforts that included Fulvia's likeness, which made her the first non-diety female to appear on Roman coinage. Octavian ended up trapping the pair in Perusia and laid siege to the city until they surrendered. Lucius was pardoned and made a chief lieutenant in Spain, but Fulvia was forced to flee to Greece with her children. She apparently met with Antony in Athens where he scalded her for her actions and died of a mysterious illness shortly after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony/Lucius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony then sailed to Italy with his armies to face Octavian, however, open battle proved untenable for both because, having shared service under Caesar, the soldiers refused to fight each other. This necessitated a diplomatic reconciliation between the two, which was solidified by having Octavian's sister, <b>Octavia</b>, married to Antony.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony/Octavia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522856[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony then headed back East with Octavia in tow where she gave birth to two daughters, Antonia Major and <b>Antonia Minor</b>. Another conflict boiled up over Antony's taxation in Greece (had been given to Sextus Pompey) and Octavian's lack of troop support for Antony's Parthian invasion. Octavia managed to negotiate a truce between the two back in Rome, where Antony left her behind and headed back East. Following his failed invasion of the Parthian Empire, he went back to Egypt to shack up with Cleopatra and divorced Octavia. Octavian declared war against Cleopatra, Marcus Agrippa defeated Antony at the naval Battle of Actium, and Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Octavia adopted and raised Antony's children by Cleopatra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antonia Minor went on to marry Drusus the Elder, was sister-in-law to Tiberius, mother to Claudius, and grandmother to Caligula.</p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius/Antonia Minor</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody would like to post their Mark Antony related coins then I'd love to see them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 9909287, member: 24754"]Until recently, I had a gapping hole in my collection pertaining to Mark Antony... and specifically his 3 wives that appeared on coinage. I made it a point to try to fill some of these holes and not only managed to knock out the ones on my list, but also snag a few others that weren't on the list. They are now some of my favorite coins, so I figured I would share them here: [B]Fulvia[/B] was Antony's wife when the Second Triumvirate was established. As Antony's wife and Octavian's mother-in-law, she was the most powerful woman in Rome and didn't shy away from wielding her influence. She remained in Rome to look after Antony's affairs while he was galivanting around in the East pretending to be a god and banging every queen and noblewoman in sight. Fulvia [ATTACH=full]1522855[/ATTACH] Fulvia became desperate when Antony started his very public affair with the Queen of Egypt, [B]Cleopatra VII[/B], with whom he would go on to have 3 children, and was further enraged when Octavian divorced her daughter. Octavian had been left with the unenviable task of satisfying land grants for soldiers that had supported the Triumvirate's rise to power, and he'd had to screw citizens out of their property to satisfy the debt. Fulvia decided to leverage the public disgruntlement by essentially going to war with Octavian. Cleopatra [ATTACH=full]1522857[/ATTACH] Fulvia enlisted the support of Antony's brother, [B]Lucius Antony[/B], who was consul at the time. Coins were minted in support of their efforts that included Fulvia's likeness, which made her the first non-diety female to appear on Roman coinage. Octavian ended up trapping the pair in Perusia and laid siege to the city until they surrendered. Lucius was pardoned and made a chief lieutenant in Spain, but Fulvia was forced to flee to Greece with her children. She apparently met with Antony in Athens where he scalded her for her actions and died of a mysterious illness shortly after. Antony/Lucius [ATTACH=full]1522858[/ATTACH] Antony then sailed to Italy with his armies to face Octavian, however, open battle proved untenable for both because, having shared service under Caesar, the soldiers refused to fight each other. This necessitated a diplomatic reconciliation between the two, which was solidified by having Octavian's sister, [B]Octavia[/B], married to Antony. Antony/Octavia [ATTACH=full]1522856[/ATTACH] Antony then headed back East with Octavia in tow where she gave birth to two daughters, Antonia Major and [B]Antonia Minor[/B]. Another conflict boiled up over Antony's taxation in Greece (had been given to Sextus Pompey) and Octavian's lack of troop support for Antony's Parthian invasion. Octavia managed to negotiate a truce between the two back in Rome, where Antony left her behind and headed back East. Following his failed invasion of the Parthian Empire, he went back to Egypt to shack up with Cleopatra and divorced Octavia. Octavian declared war against Cleopatra, Marcus Agrippa defeated Antony at the naval Battle of Actium, and Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Octavia adopted and raised Antony's children by Cleopatra. Antonia Minor went on to marry Drusus the Elder, was sister-in-law to Tiberius, mother to Claudius, and grandmother to Caligula. Claudius/Antonia Minor [ATTACH=full]1522859[/ATTACH] If anybody would like to post their Mark Antony related coins then I'd love to see them![/QUOTE]
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