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Antonia, Daughter of Mark Antony, Wife of Nero Drusus, Mother of Claudius, Grandmother of Caligula

Antonia was the daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. She died around 37 A.D.; she was either poisoned by Caligula or committed suicide after he rejected her. Although she never loved her sickly son, Claudius, calling him a monster and a fool, he posthumously made her Augusta in 41 A.D. and all her coinage was issued early in his reign.

Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Roman Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Claudius,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |13| |October| |54| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Egypt||tetradrachm|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RX41331. Billon tetradrachm, RPC I 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620; SNG Cop 57; Kampmann 12.3; Emmett 73/2, VF, weight 7.981 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 41 - 42 A.D.; obverse TI KΛAYΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP, laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before; reverse ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH, bust of Antonia right, hair in queue; SOLD


Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Roman Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Claudius,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |13| |October| |54| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Egypt||tetradrachm|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RX92586. Billon tetradrachm, RPC Online I 5117 (11 spec.); Geissen 62; Dattari 114; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Kampmann 12.3, Emmett 73/2 (R1), VF, nice portraits, toned, area of weakness below each bust, reverse a little off center, marks, porosity, weight 12.829 g, maximum diameter 25.6 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 41 - 28 Aug 42 A.D.; obverse TI KΛAYΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP, laureate head right, date LB (year 2) lower right; reverse ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH, bust of Antonia right, hair in queue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD


Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Roman Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Claudius,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |13| |October| |54| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Egypt||tetradrachm|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RX70922. Billon tetradrachm, RPC I 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Sommer 12.3, Emmett 73, F, toned, nice metal, small die crack on date, weight 11.054 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Sep 41 - 28 Sep 42 A.D.; obverse TI KΛAYΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP, laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before; reverse ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH, bust of Antonia right, hair in queue; SOLD


Britannicus, Son of Claudius, b. 12 February 41 - d. 11 February 55 A.D.; Cyzicus, Mysia; His Sisters on Reverse

|Cyzicus|, |Britannicus,| |Son| |of| |Claudius,| |b.| |12| |February| |41| |-| |d.| |11| |February| |55| |A.D.;| |Cyzicus,| |Mysia;| |His| |Sisters| |on| |Reverse||AE| |12|
Tiberius Claudius Britannicus was born in 41 A.D., the son of Claudius I and his third wife, Messalina. Although the natural heir to the empire, Britannicus was passed over in favor of Nero who then had him murdered a year after his fathers' death. Octavia was Britannicus' older sister and Claudia Antonia was his older half-sister, the only child of Claudius with his second wife, Aelia Paetina.
RP87092. Bronze AE 12, RPC I 2248 (9 spec.), BMC Mysia -, SNG BnF -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Hunterian -, aVF, nice portraits, green patina, centered on a tight flan, light earthen encrustations, weight 1.579 g, maximum diameter 12.1 mm, die axis 0o, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, before 43 A.D.; obverse NEOC ΓEPMANIKOC (N reversed), bare head of Britannicus right, K - Y (Kyzikos) across field; reverse AN OKTA, confronted, draped busts of Claudia Antonia and Octavia; ex Savoca Numismatik, blue auction 3 (25 Nov 2017), lot 622; SOLD


|Antonia|, |Antonia,| |Daughter| |of| |Mark| |Antony,| |Wife| |of| |Nero| |Drusus,| |Mother| |of| |Claudius,| |Grandmother| |of| |Caligula||dupondius|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RB110482. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC I Claudius 92, BMCRE I Claudius 166, Cohen I 6, BnF II Claudius 143, SRCV I 1902, F, brown tone, reverse off center, scratches, weight 10.829 g, maximum diameter 28.1 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, c. 41 - 50 A.D.; obverse ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed bust right, hair in long plait; reverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, Claudius standing left, veiled and togate, simpulum in right hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field below center; SOLD


Koinon of Thessaly, Rule of Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Portrait of Livia or Antonia

|Thessaly|, |Koinon| |of| |Thessaly,| |Rule| |of| |Claudius,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |13| |October| |54| |A.D.,| |Portrait| |of| |Livia| |or| |Antonia||triassarion|
References identify the veiled female as Claudius' grandmother, Livia. The strong chin, however, better fits his mother, Antonia. Antonia had just been posthumously elevated to the role of Augusta by her son Claudius. Other coins naming Antonia Augusta show a similar veiled pose. The strong chin is a feature that she inherited from her lantern jawed father, Marc Antony. Livia, by comparison, was a classic beauty with a normal female chin.
RP87442. Bronze triassarion, BCD Thessaly II 924.2 (same obv. die); BCD Thessaly I 1436.3, RPC I 1434, Rogers 71, SNG Cop 335, SNG Munchen 246, BMC Thessaly -, VF, dark patina, porous, corrosion, small edge split, weight 10.794 g, maximum diameter 25.6 mm, die axis 0o, Larissa mint, c. 41 - 45 A.D.; obverse ΣEBAΣTHΩN ΘEΣΣAΛΩN, bust of Livia (or Antonia?) left, draped, veiled and wearing stephane; reverse ΣTPATHΓOY ANTIΓONOY (strategos [military governor] Antigonos), nymph Larissa standing left, holding up ball in her right hand, left hand on hip, monogram in left field; SOLD


Agrippina Senior, Wife of Germanicus, Mother of Caligula and Agrippina Jr., Died 18 October 33 A.D.

|Agrippina| |Sr.|, |Agrippina| |Senior,| |Wife| |of| |Germanicus,| |Mother| |of| |Caligula| |and| |Agrippina| |Jr.,| |Died| |18| |October| |33| |A.D.||dupondius|
Most references identify the portrait as Livia, but as David Vagi notes, "the bust of Justitia represents (but seemingly does not portray) Antonia and/or Agrippa Senior. It no doubt reflects the justice they received from the trial of Piso for the murder of Germanicus." He explains that the portrait does not appear to be of either of them, perhaps because it was intended to represent them both simultaneously.

Since Agrippina knew, but had no evidence, that Piso murdered Germanicus on orders from Tiberius, she was not satisfied with this "justice" and continued to be an outspoken critic of Tiberius and his prefect, Sejanus. Sejanus had her accused of adultery. She was flogged so severely that she lost an eye, and was banished to the island of Pandateria where she starved to death four years later. Her sons Nero Caesar and Drusus Caesar also died imprisoned. When her son Caligula became emperor, the first act of his reign was to return the ashes of his mother and brothers to Rome.
RB94048. Orichalcum dupondius, Vagi Antonia 498, RIC I Tiberius 46, BMCRE I Tiberius 79, BnF II Tiberius 57, Cohen I Livia 4, SRCV I Livia 1739, F, a little rough, a little off center, weight 12.658 g, maximum diameter 28.8 mm, die axis 0o, Rome mint, 22 - 23 A.D.; obverse IVSTITIA, diademed and draped bust of Justitia right; reverse TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVG P M TR POT XXIIII, large S C; SOLD


Antonia, Daughter of M. Antony, Wife of Nero Drusus, Mother of Claudius; Thessalonica, Macedonia

|Macedonia|, |Antonia,| |Daughter| |of| |M.| |Antony,| |Wife| |of| |Nero| |Drusus,| |Mother| |of| |Claudius;| |Thessalonica,| |Macedonia||AE| |17|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RP65837. Bronze AE 17, RPC I 1582, SNG ANS 840, Touratsoglou 44, F, scuff on cheek, weight 4.441 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 0o, Thessalonika (Salonika, Greece) mint, reign of Claudius, 41 - 54 A.D.; obverse ANTΩNIA, draped bust right; reverse ΘEΣΣAΛONEIKEΩN, Nike standing left on globe, wreath in right hand, palm frond in left; SOLD


Carus, Early September 282 - c. July or August 283 A.D.

|Carus|, |Carus,| |Early| |September| |282| |-| |c.| |July| |or| |August| |283| |A.D.||antoninianus|
In 283, Carus marched through Thrace and Anatolia, and into the Sassanid Persian Empire. He conquered Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian kingdom, and pressed on with the Roman army beyond the Tigris. For his victories in Persia, Carus received the title Persicus Maximus. While still in Persia, Carus was killed by lightning. Carinus succeeded his father Carus.
RA93341. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 125; Cohen VI 117; SRCV III 12190; Pink p. 55, emission 2; Hunter IV 26 var. (6th officina), Choice EF, excellent centering, some silvering, minor encrustations, weight 4.294 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 0o, 7th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 283 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VIRTVS AVGGG (valor of the three emperors), Carus on left, standing right, parazonium in left hand, with right hand receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, Jupiter on right, standing left, offering Victory with right hand, holding long scepter vertical behind in left hand, star above, Z low center, XXI in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD


|Antonia|, |Antonia,| |Daughter| |of| |Mark| |Antony,| |Wife| |of| |Nero| |Drusus,| |Mother| |of| |Claudius,| |Grandmother| |of| |Caligula||dupondius|
Antonia was daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus, sister-in-law of Tiberius, mother of Claudius, and grandmother of Caligula. Renowned for her beauty and virtue, Antonia spent her long life revered by the Roman people and enjoyed many honors conferred upon her by her relatives. All her coinage was issued early in the reign of Claudius. She died around 37 A.D., possibly as a result of forced suicide ordered by Caligula.
RB42875. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC I Claudius 104, BMCRE I Claudius 213, Cohen I 6, BnF II Claudius 204, SRCV I 1903, aVF, weight 17.097 g, maximum diameter 27.6 mm, die axis 225o, Rome mint, issued by Claudius, 42 - 43 A.D.; obverse ANTONIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed bust right, hair in long plait; reverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, Claudius standing left, veiled and togate, simpulum in right, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD




  




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