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LYDIA, Sardis. Claudia Octavia. Augusta, AD 54-62. Æ (19mm, 6.75 g, 1h). Mindios, strategos for the second time. Struck under Nero, circa AD 60. Draped bust right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Veiled female (Boule?) standing right, holding scepter. Hochard 1903 (D139/R397); Kurth 381; RPC 3001; SNG München 512. Dark green surfaces with earthen deposits. VF.
Beloved by the populace but hated by her husband, Claudia Octavia's marriage to her stepbrother Nero was an unhappy one. When an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy, Nero divorced Octavia and had her banished to the island of Pandateria on a false (and ironic) charge of adultery. The Roman population demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the order of Poppaea.
Beloved by the populace but hated by her husband, Claudia Octavia's marriage to her stepbrother Nero was an unhappy one. When an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy, Nero divorced Octavia and had her banished to the island of Pandateria on a false (and ironic) charge of adultery. The Roman population demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the order of Poppaea.