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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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Claudius I (AD 41-54), with Agrippina Junior. AV aureus (20mm, 7.67 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge cut. Rome or Lugdunum, AD 50-54. TI · CLAVD · CAESAR · AVG · GERM PM · TRIB · POT · PP ·, laureate head of Claudius right / AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust of Agrippina right, hair in long queue and wreathed in grain ears. RIC 80. CBN 78. Calicó 396c. Well centered on a broad flan, with two excellent portraits.
As Emperor, Claudius proved to be a dutiful and competent administrator, but he was undone by his atrocious taste in women. Messalina, his promiscuous third wife, ran wild as Empress and nearly brought down his regime in AD 48. His next wife, Agrippina the Younger, used her wiles to enhance her own power and advance Nero, her son by a previous marriage, in the succession arrangements. This done, she fed Claudius a dish of poisoned mushrooms in October, AD 54 and brought his 13-year reign to an end. Agrippina was given extraordinary prominence on the coinage during Claudius' reign, as evidenced by this aureus.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD
Claudius I (AD 41-54), with Agrippina Junior. AV aureus (20mm, 7.67 gm, 6h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge cut. Rome or Lugdunum, AD 50-54. TI · CLAVD · CAESAR · AVG · GERM PM · TRIB · POT · PP ·, laureate head of Claudius right / AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust of Agrippina right, hair in long queue and wreathed in grain ears. RIC 80. CBN 78. Calicó 396c. Well centered on a broad flan, with two excellent portraits.
As Emperor, Claudius proved to be a dutiful and competent administrator, but he was undone by his atrocious taste in women. Messalina, his promiscuous third wife, ran wild as Empress and nearly brought down his regime in AD 48. His next wife, Agrippina the Younger, used her wiles to enhance her own power and advance Nero, her son by a previous marriage, in the succession arrangements. This done, she fed Claudius a dish of poisoned mushrooms in October, AD 54 and brought his 13-year reign to an end. Agrippina was given extraordinary prominence on the coinage during Claudius' reign, as evidenced by this aureus.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD