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LOT 2248

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,348

ANCIENT ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS - AGRIPPINA II UNDER CLAUDIUS - MOTHER AND SON - DENARIUS
50-54 AD
(3.42 grams.).

Rome mint. Obv: AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE legend with draped bust of Agrippina II right, wearing crown of corn-ears, her hair in long plait behind. Rev: NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT legend with bare-headed, draped bust of Nero left. Good very fine for issue. Extremely rare.

PUBLISHED:
See Wildwinds.com (this coin).

LITERATURE:
Sear 1914; RIC 75, BMC 82: Cohen 5; RSC 5.

FOOTNOTES:
Possibly from the same dies as one sold by Numismatik Lanz (Hubert Lanz), auction 102, lot 490.