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Roman Provincial Coins of Greece
Claudius and Messalina, 25 January 41 - 48 A.D., Polyrhenium, Crete

|Roman| |Greece|, |Claudius| |and| |Messalina,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |48| |A.D.,| |Polyrhenium,| |Crete||AE| |20|
Messallina was Claudius' 3rd wife and mother of Britannicus and Claudia Octavia. They were married when she was 14. In 48 A.D., while Claudius was away in Ostia, even though she was married to the emperor, Messallina married her lover, Gaius Silius. Silius was executed and Messallina driven to suicide.
RP16601. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 1032, aF, weight 4.170 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 180o, Polyrhenium mint, obverse head of Claudius left; reverse MEΣΣA [...], diademed head of Messalina right; after nearly 10 years in business, this is the first coin of Messalina handled by FORVM; SOLD


Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Magnetes, Thessaly

|Roman| |Greece|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.,| |Magnetes,| |Thessaly||diassarion|
BCD noted, "The Greek Imperials (or Roman Provincials) of Magnetes have been own of the most challenging areas in the collector's quest for completion. They are seldom encountered in any condition and the unworn and attractive specimens are real rarities."

Like satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild, lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, violent when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents. Chiron, by contrast, was intelligent, civilized and kind. He was not related directly to the other centaurs. He was the son of the Titan Cronus and the Oceanid Philyr. The other centaurs were spawned by the cloud Nephele on the slopes of Mount Pelion. Apollo taught the young Chiron the art of medicine, herbs, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics and prophecy, and made him rise above his beastly nature. He became a renowned teacher who mentored many of the greatest heroes of myth including the Argonauts Jason and Peleus, the physician Asklepios, and Achilles of Troy.
RP24148. Bronze diassarion, apparently unpublished; cf. BCD Thessaly 1194 (Elagabalus), BCD Thessaly 2012 437 (same), aVF, weight 4.466 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 0o, Magnetes mint, obverse M AVP CEVHR [AΛEΞANΔPOC](?), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse [MAΓNHTΩN XEIPΩN](?), centaur Chiron standing right, palm branch over shoulder in right, lyre in left; extremely rare; SOLD


Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D., Julia Titi Reverse, Crete

|Roman| |Greece|, |Titus,| |24| |June| |79| |-| |13| |September| |81| |A.D.,| |Julia| |Titi| |Reverse,| |Crete||AE| |18|
Julia was the daughter of Titus and Arrecina Tertulla. When growing up, Titus offered her in marriage to his brother Domitian, but he refused because of his infatuation with Domitia Longina. After the death of her husband Julia moved into the palace with her uncle and his wife Domitia Longina. Ancient historians report that Julia was seduced by her uncle and died having an abortion forced upon her by him. Dio, for example, claimed that he "lived with [her] as husband with wife, making little effort at concealment." Modern historians regard this as likely slander invented after Domitian's assassination.
RP16605. Bronze AE 18, Svoronos Crète 26 (same dies); RPC II 25 (2 spec.), F, green patina, edge chipping, weight 3.565 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, die axis 180o, Crete mint, 24 Jun 79 - 13 Sep 81 A.D.; obverse head of Titus right; reverse draped bust of Julia Titi right; very rare; SOLD







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