The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Caius
Julius Caesar (murdered
44 BC)
CAESAR
DICT PERPETUO,
denarius
Julius
Caesar, Pontifex
Maximus
Caius Julius Caesar, postumous portrait 42 BC, he was murdered in March 44 BC, denarius
Marcus Antonius
an early
Portrait denarius of Marcus Antonius in 42 BC
Caesar & Marcus Antonius in 43 BC
Marcus
Antonius & Octavianus
42/41 BC
Augustus (Octavianus)
(27 BC-14 AD)
Parthian returning the legionary standards lost by Crassus to
Rome
Divus Julius, the comet (denarius struck under Augustus)
Augustus aureus symbolizing the force of the Roman legions, the
charging
bull (IMP X)
Aureus to the conquest of Raetia in 16/5 BC by Drusus and
Tiberius
Moneyer Denarii of Augustus
Victory series for Augustus
M.
Agrippa, general, friend,
son in law of Augustus, died 12 BC
P Quinctilius
Varus
as Governor of Syria
as Governor of Africa (coin with
his portrait on the left),
As with VAR countermark attributed to his governorship in Germania to
the
right
During this period many countermarks occur on AEs. The above "VAR"
countermark has been proposed to be from P Q Varus, general of Augustus
in Germania Inferior,who lost 9 A.D. in the battle of Teutoburg the
three
Legions XVII, XVIII, XIX. However this attribution is no longer likely.
For more details see the Countermark
Section
and the Varus Debate.
Caius
Caesar, grandson of
Augustus (son of Julia and Agrippa)
Caius on horseback
Aurei for Caius and Lucius Caesares, his grandsons
Augustus for his heir Tiberius Caesar
Tiberius
Augustus (14 -
37 AD)
As of Tiberius
Drusus
Junior, Son of Tiberius,
died 23 AD
Sejanus,
commander of the
praetorian guard and hopeful son in law of Tiberius,
his name appears on Spanish provincial coins from Bibilis
The
two sons of Drusus Junior
Nero
Claudius Drusus, brother
of Tiberius, and father of Claudius and Germanicus
sestertius,
with NCAPR countermark of Nero
Agrippina
I, daughter of
Agrippa and wife of Germanicus
Nero
et Drusus Caesares (Brothers
of caligula), Dupondius
Caligula
and his grandfather, Divus Augustus, denarius
Caligula and his 3 sisters
Claudius
& Agrippina
II, his niece and
wife
Claudius
(41 - 54 AD)
Britannicus,
Son of Claudius.
This rare sestertius was likely struck in a local mint in Thrakia
Nero
and his mother Agrippina
II
To the Civil War of 69 AD