03. Julio-Claudians to the Civil War
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20-10 BC Octavian and AgrippaAugustus & Agrippa AE Dupondius
IMP DIVI F
back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, bare
COL NEM
palm shoot, crocodile before (not chained), two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip
Nemausus Mint
20-10 BC.
RPC 523
15.93g Heavy Early Issue!
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Antonia AugustaANTONIA AVGVSTA
Head of Antonia right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP SC
Claudius veiled and togate standing left holding simpulum
11.47g
Sear 1902; RIC 92 (Claudius)
Antonia was the younger daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia and was born on January 31st 36B.C. She was married at age 20 to Tiberius' younger brother Nero Claudius Drusus and had two sons, the great Germanicus and the future emperor Claudius. She was widowed in 9 BC and refused to marry again and devoted her life to her families interests. Her wealth and status made her very influencial during Tiberius' reign and it was she who brought about the downfall of Sejanus.
On the accession of her grandson Caligula in 37 AD she received many honours but died later that year at the age of 73. She did not receive postumous honours until the reign of her son Claudius in 41 AD and all of the coinage in Antonia's name was issued by Claudius.Jay GT4
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Antony & The 12 CaesarsA variation on my other virtual coin trays. This one includes a lifetime portrait of Julius Caesar. It's difficult choosing which coin to include in this set, in some cases I only had one (Galba, Otho) but others I had many more to choose from. I do have better portraits of some but I thought these had more interesting reverse types or portrait styles:
Marcus Antonius denarius
Julius Caesar denarius
Augustus denarius
Tiberius denarius
Caligula AE As
Claudius AE As
Nero Dupondius
Galba AE As
Otho Tetradrachm
Vitellius denarius
Vespasian denarius
Titus denarius
Domitian denarius
Image is clickable for larger size.
To see the coins individually see them in my gallery.Jay GT4
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Antony & the Caesar'sSince most of the 12 Caesar's were more closely related to Antony than to Augustus I thought it was appropriate to include Antony in my 12 Caesar's group shot. Individual coins can be seen in my galleries. While I have better portraits of some Emperor's I chose these for their interesting reverses and styles.
Clickable for a larger photo.Jay GT4
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Augustus Æ As by TiberiusDIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Star above head of Augustus , thunderbolt before
SC
Livia seated right, holding patera and sceptre
Rome
15, 16 AD
10.75g
Sear 1788, RIC 72
Dark green/black patina. Great portrait!
Ex-Tater's
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Augustus Æ As by TiberiusDIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Radiate head of Augustus left
PROVIDENT SC around alter
Posthumous issue by Tiberius Aug 19th 14 A.D.
9.73g
SEAR 1789; RIC 81Jay GT4
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Augustus denariusCAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI PATER PATRIAE
Laureate head of Augustus right
C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius stg. facing, shields and spears between them
Lugdunum 2 BC-4 AD
3.76g
Sear 1597
ex-Holding History
Encrustations cleaned from behind Augustus head
Children of Marcus Agrippa and Augustus daughter Julia.
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Augustus denariusAVGVSTVS DIVI F
Bare head of Augustus right
IMP XII
Bull butting left
3.72g
Lugdunum 15 - 13 BC
RIC I, 189a
Rare bull butting left
Ex-ANEJay GT4
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Augustus quinariusAVGVST
Bare head of Augustus right
P CARISI LEG
Victory standing right crowning trophy
1.44g
Emerita 25-23 BC
RIC² 1b
The colony of Emerita Augusta was founded in 25 BC by P. Carissius, governor of Lusitania for veterans of legions V Alauda and X Gemina who had recently participated in Augustus' campaigns in north-western Spain
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Augustus Æ 26 CAESAR
Bare head of Augustus right
AVGVSTVS
in Laurel wreath
Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch mint
26mm, 13.6g.
RIC 486, RPC 2235
Scarce.
ex-Incitatus
Wildwinds example
Old cleaning scratches on both sides are not as pronounced in hand.
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Augustus Æ As by TiberiusDIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
Radiate head left.
SC
Eagle standing on globe, head right., wings half spread
Rome, c. AD 34-37
11.95g
Minted under Tiberius
RIC 82; Cohen 247; BMC 155
Ex-Indalo colecciones
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Caligula AE AsC CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
Bear head left
VESTA SC
Vesta seated left holding patera and sceptre
Rome 37-38AD
11.28g
Sear 1803 RIC 38
From an uncleaned lot!Jay GT4
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Claudius & Antonia TetradrachmTI KΛAY∆I KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEPMANI AYTOKP
laureate head right, date LB (year 2) before
ANTΩNIA ΣEBAΣTH
bust of Antonia right, hair in queue
29 Sep 41 - 28 Sep 42 A.D.
Alexandria mint
11.054g, 23.2mm, die axis 0o,
RPC 5117; Geissen 62; Milne 61; BMC Alexandria p. 9, 65; Dattari 114; SNG Milan 620, SNG Cop 57; Sommer 12.3, Emmett 73
Scarce
Ex-Forum
Antonia was the youngest daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia. She was a niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero. She was additionally the maternal great-aunt of the Empress Valeria Messalina and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, and paternal grandmother of Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, and Britannicus.Jay GT4
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Claudius Alexandrian TetradrachmTI KΛAΥΔI KAIΣ ΣEBA ΓEΡMANI AΥTOKΡ
laureate head of Claudius right, in field below chin, date L Γ (Regnal year 3)
MEΣΣAΛINA KAIΣ CEBAC
Messalina as Ceres standing facing, head left, two small figures in right, two stalks of grain in left. In left field a lituus.
Egypt, Alexandria 42/3 AD
12.10g
RPC 5132; Köln 76; Dattari 124; Kampmann & Ganschow 12.23
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Claudius LibertasTI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP PP
Bare head of Claudius right
LIBERTAS AVGVSTA SC
Libertas standing facing, head right, holding pileus, left hand extended
Rome 42 AD
11.16g
Sear 1860, RIC 113
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Claudius Minerva AE AsT CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP
SC
Minerva advancing with spear and shield
Rome 42 AD
10.72g
Sear 1862; RIC 100; BMC 149; Cohen 57
Nice Sand patina
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GalbaIMP SER GALBA AVG
Laureate head right
DIVA AVGVSTA
Livia standing left holding patera and sceptre
Rome, November 68 AD-January 69AD
RIC 150, BMC 5, RSC 52a
2.94g
Rare with this short obverse legend
Ex-IncitatusJay GT4
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Galba AE ASIMP SERV GALBA CAES AVG TR P?
Bare head of Galba right
VESTA SC
Vesta seated left holding Palladium and sceptre
July 68 - January 69 AD, Rome
10.18g
Thanks to Curtis Clay attribution:
Paris 186-187, both from the same die pair
Cohen 311
RIC 374, citing Glasgow 57
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Galba billon TetradrachmΛ OYKΛIBΣ OYΛ Π ΓAΛBA KAIΣ ΣEB AVT
laureate bust of Galba, right, LB (year 2) before
PΩMH
Helmeted, draped bust of Roma right, holding spear & sheild
Alexandria, September 68 AD-January 69 AD
13.44g
Scarce
RPC 5330; Emmett 174
Ex-ANE
In hand it has a wonderful dark consistent toning
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GermanicusGERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N
bare head of Germanicus right
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP
around large SC
Rome 42 AD
9.46g
Issued by Claudius in honour of his deceased brother Germanicus
Sear 1905; RIC 106
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Germanicus by CaligulaGERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N
Bare head of Germanicus left
C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P IIII P P
around large SC
Rome 40-1 AD
9.79g
Sear 1822, RIC 50
Issued by Caligula in honour of his deceased father Germanicus.
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Germanicus DupondiusGERMANICVS CAESAR
Germanicus in triumphal quadriga right holding eagle-tipped sceptre
SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC
Germanicus standing left, his right hand raised, holding legionary eagle in left
Rome, 37-41 AD
15.97g
Scarce
Sear 1820, RIC 57, BMCRE 93
Ex-Calgary coin from an old collection
Minted by Caligula in honor of his father.Jay GT4
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Marcus AgrippaM AGRIPPA L F COS III
head of Agrippa left wearing rostral crown
SC
Neptune standing holding dolphin and trident
AE As
Issued by Caligula in honour of his deceased grandfather Agrippa
Minted in Rome 37-41 A.D.
9.06g
Ex- Ancient TreasuresJay GT4
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NeroIMP NERO CEASAR AVGVSTVS
Laureate head of Nero right
SALVS
Salus enthroned l. holding patera
2.98g
Rome 66-67 AD
Sear 1945
Ric 67Jay GT4
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Nero Ascopper As
NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP
SC
Victory alighting left wings spread holding shield inscribed SPQR
Rome mint 65 AD
11.16g
Sear 1976 shows head facing right, this example is head facing left.
RIC 1 352
VF
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Nero Billon TetradrachmNEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV
Radiate bust left, wearing aegis. Date LIΔ.
ΠYΘEIOΣ AΠOΛΛΩN.
Laureate bust of Apollo Aktios right, quiver over shoulder; star before.
Alexandria mint, Year 14= 67-68 AD
12.18g
RPC 5318, Köln 195; Dattari 207; Milne 300; Emmett 111
Ex-ANE
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Nero Billon tetradrachm,NEΡΩ KΛAΥ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ AΥ
radiate bust left with aegis LIΔ year
ΠOΣEIΔΩN IΣΘMIOΣ
bust of Poseidon right, wearing taenia, trident behind shoulder
14.21g
Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 67 - 9 Jun 68 A.D
Dattari 244; Milne 298; Curtis 152, Sear 2014
Ex-Zurgieh
This type is from a series of tetradrachms depicting and naming a variety of Greek deities; issued to commemorate Nero's sojourn in Greece in 67 - 68 A.D.Jay GT4
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Nero Pre-Reform DenariusNERO CAESAR AVG IMP
Bare head of Nero right
TR P III P P PONTIF MAX EX SC
Legend around oak-wreath enclosing "EX. S C.
Lugdunum, 60-61 AD
3.71g
Sear 1936, RIC 22, BMCRE 24, RSC 216
Rare!
Ex-Alberta Coins
Some encrustations remainJay GT4
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Nero with Divus ClaudiusNERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA
Laureate head of Nero right
DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG
Laureate head of Divus Claudius right.
Caesarea, Cappadocia
63-64 AD
2.95g
RPC I 3648; RIC 622.
From the collection of K.M. Germany. Ex-Roma E-sale 43 lot 334
Nicely centered drachm with double portraits of Claudius and Nero and full Latin legends.Jay GT4
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Nero with Polemo II-Mark Antony's great grandsonSilver drachm
BACΙΛΕΩC ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟC
diademed head of Polemo right
ETOYC - K (year 20)
laureate head of Nero right;
57 - 58 A.D.
3.645g
18.1mm, die axis 180o
RPC I 3832, SNG Cop 242, BMC Pontus 7 - 8, SNG von Aulock 6691
Ex-Forum
Marcus Antonius Polemon Pythodoros, also known as Polemon II of Pontos and Polemon of Cilicia is the only known direct descendant of Mark Antony who bares his name. Through his maternal grandmother he was a direct descendant of Mark Antony and his second wife Antonia Hybrida Minor. Antony and Antonia Hybrida were first paternal cousins. He was Antony’s second born great grandson. Through Antony, he was a distant cousin to Roman Client King Ptolemy of Mauretania and Drusilla of Mauretania. He was also a distant cousin to Roman Emperors Caligula, Claudius and Nero and Roman Empresses Valeria Messalina, Agrippina the Younger and Claudia Octavia.
Polemon II’s father Polemon Pythodoros King of Pontos died in 8 BC. His mother then married King Archelaus of Cappadocia, and the family moved to the court of his stepfather. In 17 AD Archelaus died and Polemon II and his mother moved back to Pontus. From 17 until 38, Polemon II assisted his mother in the administration of Pontos. When his mother died in 38, Polemon II succeeded her as the sole ruler of Pontus, Colchis and Cilicia.
Around 50 AD, Polemon II met the Judean princess Julia Berenice in Tiberias during a visit to King Agrippa I. Berenice was widowed in 48 AD when her second husband and paternal uncle Herod of Chalcis, died. She had two sons by him, Berenicianus and Hyrcanus. Berenice set the condition that Polemon II had to convert to Judaism before marriage, which included undergoing the rite of circumcision. Polemon II complied, and the marriage went ahead but it did not last long. Berenice left Pontus with her sons and returned to the court of her brother. Polemon II abandoned Judaism and, according to the legend of Bartholomew the Apostle, accepted Christianity, only to become a pagan again.
In 62, Nero compelled Polemon II to abdicate the Pontian throne. Pontos and Colchis became a Roman province. From then until his death, Polemon II only ruled Cilicia. He never remarried and had no children that are known.
Polemon's sister Antonia Tryphaena's Royal lineage goes all the way down to Nana Queen of Iberia, who died in 363 AD. Truly Antony may have lost the battle of Actium but won the war of genetics!Jay GT4
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Otho TetradrachmAYTOKPATWP M OΘWN KAICAP CEBACTOC
Laureate head right
ETOYC A
Eagle, wings raised, standing left on two laurel branches, wreath in beak, palm branch in left field, crescent between eagle's legs
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem
69 AD
14.44g
Prieur-101, RPC-4199, McAlee-316.
Rare
ex-ANE
Amazing jet black toning
From Numiswiki:
"Having to contest the crown with his competitor Vitellius, whom he three times defeated, Otho was vanquished in his turn at the battle of Bedriacum and rather than be the coccasion of further bloodshed in civil war, he preferred making the sacrifice of his life, and with a frimness wholly unlooked for from so effeminately luxurious a character,deliberately slew himself with his own hand. He died on the 16th of April 69 AD, in the 37th year of his age, having reigned only ninety-five days."Jay GT4
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The 12 Caesars + One Virtual trayAfter seeing Potator's image of his 12 Caesar's I was inspired to do my own (of course including Mark Antony! While compiling my list I realized I'm missing a Julius Caesar portrait so a non portrait had to fill in. It's difficult choosing which coin to include in this set, in some cases I only had one (Galba) but others I had many more to choose from (Flavians). I do have better portraits of some but I thought these had more interesting types:
Marcus Antonius denarius
Julius Caesar denarius
Augustus denarius
Tiberius denarius
Caligula AE As
Claudius AE As
Nero Dupondius
Galba AE As
Otho Tetradrachm
Vitellius denarius
Vespasian denarius
Titus denarius
Domitian denarius
Image is clickable for larger size.
To see the coins individually see them in my gallery.Jay GT4
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TiberiusTI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS P M
bare head of Tiberius left
C I I A M IVLIVS SETTAL L SESTI CELER II VIR
altar, marked SAL AVG, C I I A around.
Italica Spain
RPC 196
12.8g 29mm
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Tiberius Tribute PennyTI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head of Tiberius right
PONTIF MAXIM
Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on char ornamented, feet on footstool
Lugdunum after 16 AD
3.64g
Sear 1763, RIC 26
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Vitellius denarius RIC 107A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P
Laureate head right
PONT MAXIM
Vesta enthroned right holding patera and sceptre
Rome
July-Dec 69 AD
2.65g
Sear 2200, RIC 107
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