v31_0163 - CLAUDIUS AND ANTONIA Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 421.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 623.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 421.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 623.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits. Jolie patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : TI KLAUDI KAIS SEBA GERMANI AUT[OK]/ lB (Tiberios Klaudios Kaisar Sebasts Germanikos Autokrator)
Obverse translation : (Tibère Claude césar auguste vainqueur des Germains, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste d’Antonia drapé à droite (L).
Reverse legend : ANTWNIA - SEBSTH (Antonia Sebasth)
Reverse translation : (Antonia augusta).
Commentary
Rare représentation d’Antonia sur le monnayage colonial.
Historical background
CLAUDIUS AND ANTONIA
(40-41)
Antonia was the youngest daughter of Marc Antoine and Octavie, the niece of Augustus, the wife of Drusus Senior, the mother of Germanicus and Claudius, the sister-in-law of Tiberius. She died under the reign of Caligula, her grandson, perhaps poisoned at the end of the year 37. It was she who, in 29, had revealed the sedition of Sejanus to Tiberius. Claude minted an important coinage recalling the memory of this woman who nevertheless did not love this ungraceful son, who became emperor by chance.
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