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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2475937, member: 75937&quot;]Alright, I&#039;m game. I really enjoy this book by Jasper Burns, <i>Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars</i>. Each of the chapters in the book was originally published as a series of biographical and numismatic articles in <i>The Celator</i> about 15 years ago. These articles only fueled my interest in collecting coins of the empresses.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a related coin, Agrippina I. AE Sestertius. 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm. 7h. Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD. Draped bust right.</p><p>Obverse: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Reverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC.</p><p>RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]521819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The book and the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521820[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The book is illustrated with copious numismatic examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521821[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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