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Agrippa - Military commander and friend of Augustus

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a boyhood friend of Augustus and a renowned military commander on land and sea, winning the famous battle of Actium against the forces of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra. Declared Augustus' successor, Agrippa's brilliant career ended when he predeceased Augustus in 12 B.C. He was married to Augustus' daughter Julia; father of Gaius and Lucius Caesars, Agrippa Postumus, Julia and Agrippina Senior; grandfather of Caligula, and great-grandfather of Nero.

 

 

Obverse legends

CAESARAVGVSVS (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
MAGRIPPA
MAGRIPPACOSTER
MAGRIPPALFCOSIII
IMPDIVIF (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
IMPDIVIFPP (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
IMPTVESPAVGRESTSC (RESTITUTION BY TITUS)
IMPDAVGRESTSC (RESTITUTION BY DOMITIAN)


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Agrippa - Military commander and friend of Augustus

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a boyhood friend of Augustus and a renowned military commander on land and sea, winning the famous battle of Actium against the forces of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra. Declared Augustus' successor, Agrippa's brilliant career ended when he predeceased Augustus in 12 B.C. He was married to Augustus' daughter Julia; father of Gaius and Lucius Caesars, Agrippa Postumus, Julia and Agrippina Senior; grandfather of Caligula, and great-grandfather of Nero.

 

 

Obverse legends

CAESARAVGVSVS (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
MAGRIPPA
MAGRIPPACOSTER
MAGRIPPALFCOSIII
IMPDIVIF (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
IMPDIVIFPP (AUGUSTUS AND AGRIPPA)
IMPTVESPAVGRESTSC (RESTITUTION BY TITUS)
IMPDAVGRESTSC (RESTITUTION BY DOMITIAN)


Rarity of Denominations, Average Weights of Well Preserved Coins, and Other Information

                       

 


 Links

FORVM's Catalog
Members' Gallery
Fake Coin Reports
Google
Discussion Board Search
Wikipedia
Wiki Classical Dictionary
Wild Winds
Coin Archives
Aquitas.com