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Antonia Minor

Reece Period attributed: Period 2

Member of the Julio-Claudians dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 41 until 54.

Antonia the Younger was born in 36 BC to Octavia (Augustus sister) and Marcus Antonius. She never knew her father, who took up with Cleopatra of Egypt and divorced Octavia.

Antonia married Nero Drusus, brother of Tiberius and son of Livia Augusta. She inherited much land and was an influential woman; her children include the famous general Germanicus and the future emperor Claudius. After the death of Drusus in 9 BC, Tiberius became her childrens guardian. She constantly made fun of her lame son Claudius, who spoke with a severe stutter.

She took care of her grandchildren when Germanicus died under mysterious circumstances, and during the early part of his reign Gaius (Caligula) often asked for her advice. As her influence waned and Caligula acted less and less sanely, she committed suicide.

Antonia was deified by her son Claudius when he became emperor.

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Wikipedia derived information

Antonia Minor (PIR A 885), also known as Antonia the Younger or simply Antonia (31 January 36 BC - September/October AD 37) was the younger of two daughters of Roman politician Mark Antony and Octavia Minor.

Tacitus Ann. 4.44.2 and 12.54.2 may have confused the two Antonia sisters (of whom the younger is far more famous). The problem is even more complex: an even older Antonia was born to a previous wife of Antony.

That daughter is properly Antonia Maior (the Elder) while the woman usually called Antonia the Younger is in fact Antonia Tertia. The woman usually called Antonia the Younger was the younger niece of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, mother of the Emperor Claudius, and both maternal great-grandmother and paternal great-aunt of the Emperor Nero. She was additionally the maternal great-aunt of the Empress Valeria Messalina and Faustus Cornelius Sulla Felix, and paternal grandmother of Claudia Antonia, Claudia Octavia, and Britannicus.

Antonia is one of the most prominent Roman women. She is celebrated for her virtue and beauty. She was the youngest daughter to Octavia Minor and Mark Antony and was also the favorite niece of her motherâs younger brother, Romeâs first Emperor Augustus..

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia_Minor
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