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Roman Imperial Coinage, Agrippina Senior, Sestertius, restitution issue under Claudius, Rome, c. 50-4, agrippina m f germanici caesaris, draped bust of Agrippina right, rev. ti clavdivs caesar avg germ p m tr p imp p p, s c, 28.15g (RIC Claudius 102; BMC 219). Light smoothing in fields, otherwise good very fine £400-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Antony Scammell Collection of Roman Coins.

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Born in 14 BC, Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia Senior. As a child Agrippina lived with, and was educated by, her maternal grandfather, the emperor Augustus. At around the age of twenty she married the general Germanicus, whom she bore nine children, including the future emperor Gaius (Caligula). Continued persecution from the emperor Tiberius eventually led to her death in 33

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