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Agrippina Senior, Died 33 A.D., Wife of Germanicus, Mother of Caligula and Agrippina Jr.
Agrippina Senior was born in 15 B.C., the daughter of Agrippa and Julia, Augustus' daughter. She married Germanicus, the son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia, in 5 A.D. They had nine children, of whom six survived to adulthood (Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar, Caligula, Agrippina Jr., Julia, and Drusilla). She was the mother-in-law and sister-in-law of Claudius, and grandmother of Nero. Her husband Germanicus was extremely popular with Roman people and she accompanied her husband on all his military campaigns. When Germanicus mysteriously died at Antioch, Syria in 19 A.D., Agrippina returned to Rome and accused Tiberius of having him poisoned. She was banished by Tiberius to the island of Pandateria in 29, where she died of starvation on 18 October 33 A.D.SH87192. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I Claudius 102; BMCRE I Claudius p. 194, 219; BnF II Claudius 236; Cohen I 3; von Kaenel Type 78; SRCV I 1906, Choice VF, excellent portrait, well centered, nice green patina on obverse, reverse with darker patina, corrosion and smoothing, Rome mint, weight 27.525g, maximum diameter 34.3mm, die axis 225o, issued by Claudius, c. 42 A.D.; obverse AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust right, hair waived and tied in queue in back, a corkscrew curl on neck; reverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P, legend around large S C; SOLD
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