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ANTONIA. As. (Ae. 12.89g / 29mm). 41-42 AD Rome. Anv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA. Draped bust with hair gathered to the right of Antonia. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP P P. Claudio shelf veiled to the left carrying symbol. (RIC 92). XF. Beautiful and rare specimen.

Younger daughter of Marco Antonio and Octavia, sister of Augusto and grandmother of Calígula, by whom it is believed she died poisoned, she was cited posthumously and in tribute to her son Claudio's monetary issues. Considered by many to be an essential figure in the transition between Republic and Empire, his most important direct intervention in state affairs came in AD 31 when he informed Tiberius of the conspiracy against him he was planning by letter of warning. the praetorian prefect L. Elio Sejano. After her death, her successors made her a priestess of the cult of Augustus with privileges of the Vestal Virgins.