LYDIA, Sardis. Claudia Octavia. Augusta, AD 54-62. Æ (17mm, 5.59 g, 6h). Mindios, strategos for the second time. Struck under Nero, circa AD 60. Near VF.

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Lot: 374.
Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 300

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LYDIA, Sardis. Claudia Octavia. Augusta, AD 54-62. Æ (17mm, 5.59 g, 6h). Mindios, strategos for the second time. Struck under Nero, circa AD 60. Draped bust right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Veiled female (Boule?) standing right, holding transverse scepter. Hochard 1903 (D139/R398); Kurth 381; RPC I 3001. Green patina with earthen deposits, light porosity, scratches. Near VF.

Beloved by the populace but hated by her husband, Claudia Octavia’s marriage to her stepbrother Nero was an unhappy one. When an affair with his mistress Poppaea Sabina resulted in pregnancy, Nero divorced Octavia and had her banished to the island of Pandateria on a false (and ironic) charge of adultery. The Roman population demanded her return, but she was soon after executed on the order of Poppaea.

Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 12:04:20 ET.

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