Anepigraph


Reference : AYC #3 var, RIC 103
Weight: 25.58 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

AGRIPPINAE AVG GERMANICI F CAESARIS AVG

Bare head with hairs in long plait behind and laureate bust of Agrippina II (Junior) to the right.

anepigraph

Carpentum drawn by two mules going to the left.

Photo of a coin sold the 25/09/2002 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, lot 1647, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=108131, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

Variant with the E of AGRIPPINAE erased. Better visible on this copy that I did not choose as illustration because of its erasure of parts of legend. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 22/09/2004 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 67, lot 1315, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=187334, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

For this type, the RIC 103 mentions in note that there is a variant with erased reverse (classified as uniface) where the obverse legend is AGRIPPINAE. Source: Vienna. For the copies that I was able to observe, I actually noted several coins with the letter E erased but the reverse is not uniface (classified here as AYC #3 var, RIC 103 note) ). The single-sided coins analyzed have the legend illegible due to wear, except one where it is clearly inscribed: AGRIPPINA (that i classified here as AYC #3 var 3, RIC 103 (note) ). RIC description error? Need to verify. The RIC also cites a coin preserved in Berlin without erased reverse but with the E of AGRIPPINAE erased (classified as AYC #3 var 2, RIC 103 (note) ).