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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24718284, member: 87809&quot;]Today the package from CNG finally arrived. </p><p>It should have arrived last Friday, but was delayed at Hillside, IL for whatever reason, so I was starting to wonder.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin, an Agrippina Sestertius I wanted to attribute, was a big surprise, because it was previously owned by [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER] who shared it in this thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/agrippina-sestertius-help.371030/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/agrippina-sestertius-help.371030/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/agrippina-sestertius-help.371030/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems that he has not been around CT since May. Hope he is doing well and just very busy.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the coin:</p><p>Æ Sestertius, Rome, 42 – 43 AD posthumous issue struck under Claudius</p><p>34 mm, 26.1 g</p><p>RIC 2 (Claudius) 102; BMC 219; Cohen 3; Sear 5 , 1906</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: (AGRIPPI)NA M F GERMANICI (CAES)ARIS Bust of Agrippina the Elder, bare-headed, draped, right; hair in long plait.</p><p>Rev.: (TI CLA)VDIVS CAESAR (AVG) GERM P M (TR P IMP), legend surrounding large SC</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps there is a countermark at about 3 o’clock or it is just a damage.</p><p>The coin has certainly damage and is worn, but it is my first Agrippina coin and I&#039;m happy to have it in my collection. </p><p>Looking at her profile on the obverse I can see the resemblance with Augustus, her grandfather, but I might be hallucinating<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580881[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580883[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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