Thrilled to recieve this sweet fella only a week after finishing I, Claudius and Claudius the clod (My beef is primarily with the sequel). Ps, talk about a leggy and voluptuous Athena Their pics: My pics: In Claudius the God they mention Claudius extending Saturnalia the entire year What a world that would be... As I recall, Cassius Dio reported that, "Augustus attempted to curb the Saturnalia festivities by cutting the festival back to its proper length. However, this three-day limit did not last long. For Emperor Claudius once again extended the Saturnalia to five days. Even if he had not, people had paid no attention to Augustus’s dictates and had continued their Saturnalia festivities for a whole week." Just as we all should As far as the books that I just read for the first time(relax it's fiction and I usually only read RE Howard, Lovecraft... oh, and king when it comes to fiction) I, Claudius was a great time Claudius the God was fun but... It's frustrating that Graves felt the need in the sequel to apply modern expressions of racism to the ancient Roman's. Even going so far as using the word that should only follow Pescennius. Very frustrating, as we know the ancient Roman's never let color of skin be a reason for anybody to be a slave. It was simply a matter of situation. Please post your Claudius (or any ancient coin really), thoughts on saturnalia, foxy Athenas or really good ancient fiction recommendations.
Ryro, That's a starling difference in photos ! The coin pictured below I sent to CNG for auction. It should appear sometime in late December.
Thanks Al! Dazzling portrait of Claudius the lover (surely would have been the name of the third novel). Yes, though my pics are a bit dark, it's much more that frosty green patination, then that yellow looking (sandy) patina.
Claudius!! This one doesn't feature a leggy and voluptious Athena, but a lithe and elegant Libertas: Claudius, AD 41-54. Roman Æ as, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 42. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head, left. Rev: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA SC,Libertas standing right. Refs: RIC 113; BMCRE 202-5; Cohen 47; CBN 230-2; RCV 1860.
Well done, @Ryro . Great coin, would enjoy having it in my collection! CLAUDIUS The Big Eye. RI Claudius 41-54 Ae As 28mm LIBERTAS AVGVSTA holding pileus S-C RIC 113
We may not be quite where we have the whole year but where I live we have TWO different radio stations playing nothing but Christmas music. Unfortunately neither of them has a particularly good collection of recordings so they repeat a lot. I believe there are enough Christmas song variations to play all year without repeating. Check You Tube if you doubt that. New today (and not the only one):
Wow @Ryro . Nice coin and much better photo than the seller pic. It’s too bad that we don’t have a surviving copy of the real I, Claudius written by the man himself. THAT would have been a quite interesting read. As to sexy Athenas I’m going to have to throw this one out there since Athena is struttin around this reverse like she’s in a Victoria Secret Fashion Show.
My most recent purchase (and very likely my last purchase for this year) was a lot of 13 worn coins. I am not very picky but this time I wasn't 100% happy. Nevertheless, it contains 2 Claudius examples. The reverse is in very bad shape but I suspect this is the same coin as the first one in the thread - RIC I Claudius 116 The second one is also below par RIC Claudius 94 from my findings. One that is more on the decent side Provincial of Phrygia, Aizanis, RPC 3089 or 3090.
Very nice! And only a year into his reign That's another "handsome" portrait of claudius. The same man whoms mother said that he was a monster that was a half finished man