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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7930618, member: 75937"]Lovely acquisitions for your collection, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, and I go out of my way to collect them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many 1st century women are hard to come by. Here are some of my Julio-Claudian women. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/livia-alexandria-diobol-jpg.1096372/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13.</p><p>Roman Æ diobol, 7.41 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, 6th series, AD 10-11.</p><p>Obv: Bare head right with Nodus hairstyle.</p><p>Rev: Date (LM=40) within oak wreath.</p><p>Refs: BMC 16.4, 31; SGI 209; Emmett 57; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5054" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5054" rel="nofollow">RPC 5054</a>.</p><p>Notes: Lindgren sale 38, lot 110.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/livia-and-julia-pergamon-jpg.1148362/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Livia, wife of Augustus, and Julia, daughter of Augustus.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 17.2 mm, 3.44 g.</p><p>Mysia, Pergamon, 10 - 2 BC.</p><p>Obv: ΛΙΒΙΑΝ ΗΡΑΝ ΧΑΡΙΝΟΣ, draped bust of Livia as Hera, right.</p><p>Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ, draped bust of Julia as Aphrodite, right.</p><p>Refs: RPC I 2359; BMC 15.139, 249; SGI 213; SNG Copenhagen-467; Vagi 370.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this coin depicts <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-is-depicted-on-this-dupondius.289543/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-is-depicted-on-this-dupondius.289543/">Vipsania</a>, the mother of Drusus. I find [USER=88325]@Jasper Burns[/USER]' article convincing (<a href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-5/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-5/" rel="nofollow">The Celator. 2004 May;18(5):6</a> and <a href="http://www.jasperburns.com/gasvips.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jasperburns.com/gasvips.htm" rel="nofollow">reprinted online</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vipsania-dupondius-jpg.1203308/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tiberius, AD 14-37.</p><p>Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 14.32 g, 29.15 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 22/23.</p><p>Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of (Vipsania? as) Pietas, right.</p><p>Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; RCV 1741.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/agrippina-sr-sestertius-jpg.760992/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33</p><p>Roman Æ Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h</p><p>Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD</p><p>Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antonia-dupondius-jpg.960028/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antonia, Augusta AD 37 and 41.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.10 gm, 28.3 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 41-50.</p><p>Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia, draped and bare-headed right, hair in long plait.</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 92; BMC 166; Cohen <i>Antonia</i> 6; RCV 1902; CBN 143; Carson 405.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-and-messalina-alexandria-jpg.1045608/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Claudius, AD 41-54.</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm, 10.32 gm, 24.0 mm.</p><p>Alexandria, AD 46.</p><p>Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of Claudius, r.; LϚ (year 6) before.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing l., holding children and ears of corn.</p><p>Refs: RCV 1869; SGI 495; RPC 5164; BMCG 75; SNG Cologne 88; Milne 106; Emmett 74.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-and-agrippina-ii-iconium-jpg.1188257/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Claudius, AD 41-54, and Agrippina II, AD 50-59.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.6 mm, 4.19 g, 12 h.</p><p>Lycaonia, Iconia (as Claudiconium), magistrate M. Annius Afrinus, AD 50-54.</p><p>Obv: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑ, laureate head of Claudius, right.</p><p>Rev: ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ ЄΠΙ ΑΦΡЄΙΝΟΥ ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄѠΝ, bare-headed and draped bust of Agrippina II, right.</p><p>Refs: RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3542" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3542" rel="nofollow">3542</a>; von Aulock <i>Lyk</i>. 258–62.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nero-and-claudia-octavia-jpg.697541/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero and Claudia Octavia</p><p>Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 11.1 g, 25.0 mm</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, AD 56-57</p><p>Obv: ΝΕΡ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ, laureate head of Nero, right</p><p>Rev: ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare-headed and draped bust of Octavia, right; L Γ before.</p><p>Refs: RPC 5202; BMC 119; SGI 657; Cologne 122; Milne 133; Emmett 127.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nero-and-poppeae-jpg.840699/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero and Poppaea Sabina.</p><p>Roman provincial billon Tetradrachm; 23.1 mm, 11.55 g.</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, AD 64/65.</p><p>Obv: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero, right.</p><p>Rev: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Poppaea, right, LIA (year 11) before.</p><p>Refs: RCV 2002; SGI 664; RPC 5280; Köln 168; BMCG 124; Milne 223; Curtis 138; Cohen 315, 3; Emmett 128.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1371222[/ATTACH] </p><p>Poppaea Sabina and Claudia Neronis, AD 63, daughter of Nero and Poppaea.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 18.7 mm, 5.34 g, 12 h.</p><p>Syria, Caesarea Panias, AD 65.</p><p>Obv: DIVA POPPAEA, distyle temple of Diva Poppaea, female figure within.</p><p>Rev: DIVA CLAVD NER F, round hexastyle temple of Diva Claudia, female figure within.</p><p>Refs: RPC I 4846; Hendin 578; RCV 2058; Vagi 746.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7930618, member: 75937"]Lovely acquisitions for your collection, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! I agree, and I go out of my way to collect them. Many 1st century women are hard to come by. Here are some of my Julio-Claudian women. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/livia-alexandria-diobol-jpg.1096372/[/IMG] Livia, under Augustus, 27 BC - AD 13. Roman Æ diobol, 7.41 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h. Egypt, Alexandria, 6th series, AD 10-11. Obv: Bare head right with Nodus hairstyle. Rev: Date (LM=40) within oak wreath. Refs: BMC 16.4, 31; SGI 209; Emmett 57; [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5054']RPC 5054[/URL]. Notes: Lindgren sale 38, lot 110. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/livia-and-julia-pergamon-jpg.1148362/[/IMG] Livia, wife of Augustus, and Julia, daughter of Augustus. Roman provincial Æ 17.2 mm, 3.44 g. Mysia, Pergamon, 10 - 2 BC. Obv: ΛΙΒΙΑΝ ΗΡΑΝ ΧΑΡΙΝΟΣ, draped bust of Livia as Hera, right. Rev: ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΝ, draped bust of Julia as Aphrodite, right. Refs: RPC I 2359; BMC 15.139, 249; SGI 213; SNG Copenhagen-467; Vagi 370. I believe this coin depicts [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-is-depicted-on-this-dupondius.289543/']Vipsania[/URL], the mother of Drusus. I find [USER=88325]@Jasper Burns[/USER]' article convincing ([URL='https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-5/']The Celator. 2004 May;18(5):6[/URL] and [URL='http://www.jasperburns.com/gasvips.htm']reprinted online[/URL]). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/vipsania-dupondius-jpg.1203308/[/IMG] Tiberius, AD 14-37. Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 14.32 g, 29.15 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 22/23. Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of (Vipsania? as) Pietas, right. Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC. Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; RCV 1741. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/agrippina-sr-sestertius-jpg.760992/[/IMG] Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33 Roman Æ Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC. Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antonia-dupondius-jpg.960028/[/IMG] Antonia, Augusta AD 37 and 41. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 12.10 gm, 28.3 mm. Rome, AD 41-50. Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bust of Antonia, draped and bare-headed right, hair in long plait. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S C, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand. Refs: RIC 92; BMC 166; Cohen [I]Antonia[/I] 6; RCV 1902; CBN 143; Carson 405. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-and-messalina-alexandria-jpg.1045608/[/IMG] Claudius, AD 41-54. Billon Tetradrachm, 10.32 gm, 24.0 mm. Alexandria, AD 46. Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of Claudius, r.; LϚ (year 6) before. Rev: ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing l., holding children and ears of corn. Refs: RCV 1869; SGI 495; RPC 5164; BMCG 75; SNG Cologne 88; Milne 106; Emmett 74. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-and-agrippina-ii-iconium-jpg.1188257/[/IMG] Claudius, AD 41-54, and Agrippina II, AD 50-59. Roman provincial Æ 19.6 mm, 4.19 g, 12 h. Lycaonia, Iconia (as Claudiconium), magistrate M. Annius Afrinus, AD 50-54. Obv: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑ, laureate head of Claudius, right. Rev: ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ ЄΠΙ ΑΦΡЄΙΝΟΥ ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄѠΝ, bare-headed and draped bust of Agrippina II, right. Refs: RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/3542']3542[/URL]; von Aulock [I]Lyk[/I]. 258–62. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nero-and-claudia-octavia-jpg.697541/[/IMG] Nero and Claudia Octavia Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 11.1 g, 25.0 mm Egypt, Alexandria, AD 56-57 Obv: ΝΕΡ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ, laureate head of Nero, right Rev: ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare-headed and draped bust of Octavia, right; L Γ before. Refs: RPC 5202; BMC 119; SGI 657; Cologne 122; Milne 133; Emmett 127. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nero-and-poppeae-jpg.840699/[/IMG] Nero and Poppaea Sabina. Roman provincial billon Tetradrachm; 23.1 mm, 11.55 g. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 64/65. Obv: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero, right. Rev: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Poppaea, right, LIA (year 11) before. Refs: RCV 2002; SGI 664; RPC 5280; Köln 168; BMCG 124; Milne 223; Curtis 138; Cohen 315, 3; Emmett 128. [ATTACH=full]1371222[/ATTACH] Poppaea Sabina and Claudia Neronis, AD 63, daughter of Nero and Poppaea. Roman provincial Æ 18.7 mm, 5.34 g, 12 h. Syria, Caesarea Panias, AD 65. Obv: DIVA POPPAEA, distyle temple of Diva Poppaea, female figure within. Rev: DIVA CLAVD NER F, round hexastyle temple of Diva Claudia, female figure within. Refs: RPC I 4846; Hendin 578; RCV 2058; Vagi 746.[/QUOTE]
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