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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Bosporan Kingdom| > RP84697
Kings of Bosporos, Cotys I with Claudius and Agrippina II, 45 - 69 A.D.
|Bosporan| |Kingdom|, |Kings| |of| |Bosporos,| |Cotys| |I| |with| |Claudius| |and| |Agrippina| |II,| |45| |-| |69| |A.D.|, According to Pliny the Elder, Agrippina was a beautiful and reputable woman. Many ancient historians, however, accuse Agrippina of poisoning Claudius and described her as ruthless, ambitious, violent, and domineering.
RP84697. Bronze 12 nummi, MacDonald Bosporus 325; RPC I 1924; BMC Pontus 6; Anokhin 152, 344 and pl. 13; SNG Cop -, aF, porous, Nikomedia(?) mint, weight 5.527g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 50 - 54 A.D.; obverse TI KΛAVΔIOY - KAICAPOC, laureate head of Claudius right, IB (mark of value) below; reverse IOYΛIAN AΓPIΠΠINAN KAICAPOC, head of Agrippina Junior left, hair falling down back of neck in a plait, BAK monogram before; rare; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

AGRIPPAVGDIVICLAVDNERONISCAESMATER
AGRIPPINAAVGGERMANICIFCAESARISAVG
AGRIPPINAAVGVSTACAESARISAVG
AGRIPPINAEAVGVSTAE
NEROCLAVDDIVICLAVDFCAESARAVGGERMANI
NEROCLAVDDIVIFCAESAVGGERMIMPTRPCOS
TICLAVDCAESAVGAGRIPPAVGVSTA
TICLAVDCAESARAVGGERMPMTRIBPOTPP


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