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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Agrippina Jr.| > SH68894
Nero and Agrippina Junior, 54 - 68 A.D.
|Agrippina| |Jr.|, |Nero| |and| |Agrippina| |Junior,| |54| |-| |68| |A.D.|, Agrippina Jr. was daughter of Agrippina Sr. and Germanicus, sister of Caligula, and mother of Nero. She seduced and married her uncle Claudius, murdering him after she secured the thrown for Nero. A soothsayer prophesied if Nero became emperor, he would kill his mother, Agrippina replied "Let him kill me, only let him rule!" Nero executed her in 59 A.D.
SH68894. Silver denarius, RIC I 7, RSC II 4, BMCRE I 8, SRCV I 2044, F, toned, scratches, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 3.484g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, die axis 135o, c. Jan - Nov 55 A.D.; obverse NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, Jugate bare headed draped busts of Nero (in forefront) and Agrippina Junior; reverse AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, enthroned on cart drawn left by four elephants; Augustus, further, radiate, holding aquila; and Claudius, nearer, radiate, holding patera and scepter; EX S C in upper left field; from the Jyrki Muona Collection; very rare (R3); SOLD











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