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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1960800, member: 44210&quot;]Never even heard of her when I stumbled on her listing, so me, having a thing for little-known and rare rulers, figured I&#039;d get this coin of Antonia for cheap if I could, given its condition. Paid around a third of what the cheapest (and in not much better shape) ones are listed at on VCoins at the moment. On Eric&#039;s rarity scale she is a 5 for bronze(out of 9, 9 being crazy rare) and the 99th rarest ruler (out of 202 Roman rulers, with the 202nd, Saturninus, as top rarest), so I&#039;d say Antonia is rather scarce overall. I also think it might have been a Spanish find; the color and sand patina remind me of Spanish-found Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is best known as the mother of emperor Claudius and the daughter of Mark Antony. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Antonia</u>, Roman Empire</b></p><p>AE Dupondius</p><p><u>Obv</u>: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right</p><p><u>Rev</u>: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum, S-C across fields</p><p><u>Mint</u>: Rome (struck posthumously 41-50 AD)</p><p><u>Ref</u>: RIC 92</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Antonia_zps163e039c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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