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Contributor: Walter C. Holt.
Issuer:
AGRIPPINA SENIOR
, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula. AE Sestertius.
Obverse:
AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI [CAESARIS], head of Agrippina right.
Reverse:
[TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP IMP PP] around large S C, countermarked NCAPR by Nero 54-68
Reference:
RIC 102 (Claudius); BMC 219; Sear 606
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Gaius (Caligula)
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on the Agrippinas see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.