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<p>[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 8149321, member: 99613"]I would probably need a pacemaker to go along with this coin, because I've never seen a Britannicus anywhere near this condition - obviously smoothed fields, but who cares?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421453[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Why a Britannicus? I'm just fascinated (I suppose in a dark way, all things considered) with the short life he had, the unfulfilled destiny that was his birthright, and his ultimate fate, as well as the fate of his sister Octavia, at the hands of Nero and Nero's mother Agrippina. I'll never understand what Claudius was thinking, marrying his niece Agrippina in the first place, and then with so little perception or foresight allowing her to manipulate the fates of Britannicus and Octavia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've always had a soft spot for Octavia - Britannicus had a future to envy, even if it came with a target on his head...Octavia, on the other hand, just had a good life ahead of her that should have been something safe to look forward to, and she never got a chance at it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 8149321, member: 99613"]I would probably need a pacemaker to go along with this coin, because I've never seen a Britannicus anywhere near this condition - obviously smoothed fields, but who cares? [ATTACH=full]1421453[/ATTACH] Why a Britannicus? I'm just fascinated (I suppose in a dark way, all things considered) with the short life he had, the unfulfilled destiny that was his birthright, and his ultimate fate, as well as the fate of his sister Octavia, at the hands of Nero and Nero's mother Agrippina. I'll never understand what Claudius was thinking, marrying his niece Agrippina in the first place, and then with so little perception or foresight allowing her to manipulate the fates of Britannicus and Octavia. I've always had a soft spot for Octavia - Britannicus had a future to envy, even if it came with a target on his head...Octavia, on the other hand, just had a good life ahead of her that should have been something safe to look forward to, and she never got a chance at it.[/QUOTE]
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