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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: ANTONIA, mother of Claudius, grandmother of Caligula. Dupondius (30mm), struck by Claudius.
Obverse: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, her draped bust to the right.
Reverse: TI. CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG. P. M. TR. P. IMP. P. P. S. C., Claudius, veiled, standing left holding simpulum.
Reference: RIC 92; Sear 596.
Comments: For more information, read the "Claudius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Antonia see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.