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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4811411, member: 14873"]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/8f447b37-2f6c-4e55-ae32-9484f1f6f867-jpeg.1157605/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Agrippina Senior, Sestertius, BMCRE vol. 1 (Claudius), No. 222, AD 42-54, 25.2 gm. (partial legend obliteration).</p><p>Agrippina Senior, Sestertius, RIC I (Claudius) No. 102, AD 42-54, 25.2 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: Agrippina, draped bust facing right, hair in long plait down back</p><p>Inscription: [AGRIPPINA] M F GERMANICI CAES[ARIS]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: [Large SC centered]</p><p>Inscription: [TI CLAVDIVS] CAESAR AVG [GERM P M TR P IMP P P]</p><p><br /></p><p>NCAPR in rectangular countermark above.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sold off or gifted my countermarked coins and then regretted doing that for I missed having at least one. The coin I picture here is a good one for me for it has the Nero countermark prominently stamped at the top center of the reverse - it seems this was how coins of this issue were always stamped. Additionally, this is a very hard to come by coin issue, so it was a winner all around for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agrippina the elder was the daughter of Agrippa and Julia (the daughter of Augustus). She married Germanicus, the brother of Claudius, and was the mother of Caligula.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 4811411, member: 14873"][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/8f447b37-2f6c-4e55-ae32-9484f1f6f867-jpeg.1157605/[/IMG] Agrippina Senior, Sestertius, BMCRE vol. 1 (Claudius), No. 222, AD 42-54, 25.2 gm. (partial legend obliteration). Agrippina Senior, Sestertius, RIC I (Claudius) No. 102, AD 42-54, 25.2 gm. Obverse depiction: Agrippina, draped bust facing right, hair in long plait down back Inscription: [AGRIPPINA] M F GERMANICI CAES[ARIS] Reverse depiction: [Large SC centered] Inscription: [TI CLAVDIVS] CAESAR AVG [GERM P M TR P IMP P P] NCAPR in rectangular countermark above. I sold off or gifted my countermarked coins and then regretted doing that for I missed having at least one. The coin I picture here is a good one for me for it has the Nero countermark prominently stamped at the top center of the reverse - it seems this was how coins of this issue were always stamped. Additionally, this is a very hard to come by coin issue, so it was a winner all around for me. Agrippina the elder was the daughter of Agrippa and Julia (the daughter of Augustus). She married Germanicus, the brother of Claudius, and was the mother of Caligula.[/QUOTE]
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