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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7400903, member: 99456&quot;]There are so many ways to see this pair:&nbsp; </p><p>- Claudius grandson of Mark Anthony and Agrippina granddaughter of Octavian</p><p>- Claudius and his niece Agrippina junior</p><p>- Claudius and his wife Agrippina II</p><p>- Claudius and his murderer, Agrippina II</p><p>- Agrippina and her husband, Claudius</p><p>- Agrippina, mother of Nero, and Claudius, a way for Nero to become emperor</p><p>- Agrippina, and her third husband, Claudius, the adoptive father of her murderer</p><p><br /></p><p>Agrippina fades in the background on this coin, behind Claudius, but she was certainly not to be underestimated.[ATTACH=full]1287299[/ATTACH]<b>Ionia, Ephesus, Claudius with Agrippina Junior,</b> AD 41-54, AE Æ (19mm, 5.29g, 12h). Kousinios, episkopos for the 4th time, struck circa AD 49-50</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina conjoined right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> KOVΣINIOΣ TO Δ, stag standing right</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2624" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2624" rel="nofollow">2624</a> (this coin, specimen #26)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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