Lot 206
Antonia Minor. Silver Denarius (3.68 g), Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Rome, under Claudius, ca. AD 41-45. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Antonia right, hair tied in short queue at back of neck, wreathed with grain ears. Reverse: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Antonia, as Constantia, standing facing, holding long torch and cornucopiae. RIC 66; BMC 111; RSC 2. Struck on a slightly porous planchet. Cleaned long ago and now with a light violet tone. Submitted to NGC for grading but rejected with the comment "No Decision." We feel the coin is absolutely genuine. Some minor porosity and cleaned long ago. Our grade is Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP
Antonia was the younger daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia. In either 18 or 16 BC, she married Nero Claudius Drusus, to whom she bore three children: Germanicus, Livilla and Claudius. Although initially honored with the title of Augusta by her grandson, Caligula, she eventually fell out of favor with him, committing suicide in AD 37 possibly as a result. Her son Claudius reconfirmed the title on her posthumously in AD 41. RIC notes that the reverse of this type emphasizes Antonia "as the model for Claudius' Constantia and also as the priestess of Divus Augustus, from whom imperial auctoritas ultimately flowed."
Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex Naville E41 (24 June 2018), 517; NAC 106 (9 May 2018), 1367.
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