Agrippina II (mother of Nero) Æ 16mm of Laodicea ad Lycum, Phrygia. AD 50-59. Gaios Postomos, magistrate. ΑΓΡΙΠΕΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤH, draped bust to right / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΠΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ, eagle, with wings spread, standing facing on cippus, head to left. RPC I 2918; SNG Copenhagen 569; BMC 174. 3.40g, 16mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; featuring a charming portrait of Agrippina, certainly among the finest examples to come to auction in the past decade.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020, lot 719;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction, 30 May 2020, lot 853.