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Octavia (first wife of Nero) Æ 28mm of Perinthus, Thrace. Circa AD 54-62. ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, diademed and draped bust to right / ΗΡΑ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ, cult statue of Hera of Samos standing to left, holding filleted patera with both hands. RPC I 1755; Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 255; Varbanov 23. 10.50g, 28mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, slightly tooled. Very Rare.
From the inventory of Roma Numismatics Ltd;
Acquired from Nomos AG.
Beloved by the people of Rome but hated by 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.
Near Extremely Fine; lightly smoothed, slightly tooled. Very Rare.
From the inventory of Roma Numismatics Ltd;
Acquired from Nomos AG.
Beloved by the people of Rome but hated by 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.