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I know I definitely won't win. Here is my coin of Claudius I. At least I have a coin to enter this time around. lol  Claudius AE As. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR IMP, bare head left / S-C across field, Minerva standing right, brandishing spear and holding shield on left arm. RIC 100, Cohen 84, BMC 149, BN 180, S 639. |
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There are some very nice portraits in this group!  I think this provincial may be my only coin from this period:  KINGDOM OF THRACE. Rhoemetalkes, 11 BC-12 AD. Æ19 Diademed head of king / Bare head of Augustus. RPC.1714. Edited by DVCollector
07/15/2012 11:58 pm
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Here are my humble entries, first one is part of my first ever coin purchase.   Augustus, Ephesus mint, O: Augustus and Livia jugate heads right, R: 'ΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ 'ΣΚΛ'Σ ΕΦΕ ΕΥΦΡΩΝ Stag of Artemis, bowcase above Hopefully Augustus on the reverse is good enough on the 2nd one. I don't know much about this one as I haven't gotten around to fully researching it.  O: Jugate heads of Rhoemetalkes and Pythadorus, small bust of Kotys IV before, BASILEWS ROIMHTALKOU R: Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia right, capricorn before, KAISAPOS SEBASTOY |
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I recall folks here like bronzes so I'll try two which I have probably shown here before (I have trouble remembering such things). Caligula sestertius:  Nero dupondius (the green patina was a challenge to photograph):  |
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Ummm, who am I to be telling anybody which coins can, or can't be entered into today's SMACKDOWN? ... but Bing, I thought the Julio-Claudian era started in 31 B.C. with Augustus? ... I thought it encompassed five Caesars, "Augustus through Nero"?  Maybe somebody with a bit more street-credit can make the call? (thanks) ... Oh, but for the record, I think your coins Rock!! |
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Quote:Julius and Claudius were two Roman family names; in classical Latin, they came second. Such names are inherited from father to son; but a sonless Roman aristocrat quite commonly adopted an heir, who would also take the family name - this could be done in his will. Thus (Gaius) Julius Caesar adopted his sister's grandson, Gaius Octavius, who became a Julius, eventually named Imperator Caesar Augustus, normally called in English Augustus, the founder of the Empire. The next four emperors were closely related through a combination of blood relation, marriage and adoption. Quote:
The Julio-Claudian dynasty normally refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula (also known as Gaius), Claudius, and Nero, or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the Roman Empire from its formation, in the second half of the 1st century BC, until AD 68, when the last of the line, Nero, committed suicide. |
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I'd allow the coin not because of Antony but because the reverse head is Octavia and she was most definitely a Julio-Claudian. Antony was by marriage but none of his coins were issued by the emperors since he was out of the family before the empire started. Easily half of the coins I'd call Julio-Claudian do not have the image of one of the 5 emperors but show other family members. I'd be liberal in what I allow for the purpose of this thread since some of us might benefit from learning who some of these peripheral people were. If I had not already entered I might offer a couple of more remote J-C's but my prettier coins are mainstream rulers. Check this family tree (Antony is on it - barely): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio-..._family_tree |
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Doug and Jerry are right. Marcus Antonius was not a member of the Julio-Claudians, and it is his coin regardless of who is portrayed on the reverse. Soooo, I withdraw this coin, and replace it with a coin that portrays two of the Julio-Claudians to make up for it: 1. Nero and Claudius Drachm RIC 621 struck at Caesarea, Cappodocia, 63-64 AD:   OBV: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERM, laureate head of Nero right. REV: DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG, Claudius' laureate head right 2. Caligula AR Denarius RIC I 10, struck at Lugdunum 37-38 AD:   OBV: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT, bare head right REV: DIVVS AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus right 3.5g, 18mm Edited by Bing
07/16/2012 2:07 pm
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TIBERIVS ae (14-37 b.C.),caduceus with winds.   |
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dougsmit => always informative and valuable info ... thanks Bing => I love your new coin ... but to avoid confusion, you should probably delete whichever coin you're not going to enter ... NOTE => after reading doug's comments, I am totally fine with any two of your three coins ... => MartiVltori => sorry, I just noticed your question => ummm, I'm pretty sure that I bought my "Nero" back in March, or early April (it is still one of my favourite coins!!)  |
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Mind if I add a couple of denarii? I have an odd (to some / many) predilection for Lugdunum. Augustus:- bv:-- AVGVSTVS DIVI F, Bare head right Rev:-- IMP X either side of Apollo Citharoedus standing left with lyre, ACT in exe, Minted in Lugdunum. 15 - 13 B.C. Reference:-- BMC 461. RIC I Augustus 171a. RSC 144.  Pre reform Nero:- Obv:-- NERO CAESAR AVG IMP, Bare head right Rev:-- PONTIF MAX TR P VII COS IIII P P, Oak leaves, surrounding EX SC Minted in Lugdunum. A.D. 60-61 References:-- RIC II 28  Martin |
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now I'm sad, I wish I could have played with you guys.  maybe my mom and dad will take me outfor icecream or something.  |
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