Dr Adrian Carr Collection of Imperatorial Roman Coins
Lot 4705 Session 17 (11.30am Friday 25 November) Terry Naughton Colle Dr Adrian Carr Collection of Imperatorial Roman Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $110
MACEDON, Thessalonica, Antonia Minor, as Augusta, from A.D. 41), AE 16, (4.56), obv. draped bust to left of Antonia, around [ANT] **WNIA*, rev. within four lines of wreath **QES/SALO/NIKE/WN* (s. RPC I 1581, Touratsoglou Claudius 34, example noted in Berlin). Good Fine, green patina and extremely rare.
Ex Dr. Adrian Carr Collection and purchased from Mithra Ancient Art in 2002.
Antonia was the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, wife of Nero Claudius Drusus (the younger brother of Tiberius) and mother of Claudius, grandmother of Caligula. Understood to have been poisoned on Caligula orders in 36 A.D. and was 77 years of age at her death. All coinage that bears her name was issued by Claudius early in his reign.
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