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Claudia Octavia Æ18 of Sardes, Lydia. Struck under Nero, circa AD 60. Mindios, strategos for the second time. ΘEAN OKTAOYIAN, draped bust right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Demeter, holding torch in each hand, being drawn right by biga of serpents. RPC I 2999; BMC 125; Waddington 5245. 5.96g, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare - five cited in RPC, four further examples listed in CoinArchives.
Beloved by the people of Rome but hated by her her husband, Claudia Octavia's marriage to her stepbrother Nero was surely an unhappy one. The younger daughter of the former emperor Claudius was Nero's first wife when an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy. Divorcing Octavia, Nero had her banished to the island of Pandateria on the false pretence that she had committed 'adultery'. The People of Rome demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the orders of Poppaea.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare - five cited in RPC, four further examples listed in CoinArchives.
Beloved by the people of Rome but hated by her her husband, Claudia Octavia's marriage to her stepbrother Nero was surely an unhappy one. The younger daughter of the former emperor Claudius was Nero's first wife when an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy. Divorcing Octavia, Nero had her banished to the island of Pandateria on the false pretence that she had committed 'adultery'. The People of Rome demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the orders of Poppaea.