- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | AC15-0302 |
| Description: | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa |
| Country or State: | Roman Republic |
| Period: | 45-12 BC |
| Obverse: | Draped bust left |
| Obverse Legend: | M AGRIPPA L F COS. III |
| Reverse: | Quadriga galopping right |
| Reverse Legend: | TRPOTCOSII |
| Diameter: | 32.0 mm (irregular) |
| Weight: | 9.85 grams |
| Note: | Transition period from Republic to Empire (from the assination of Julius Caesar to the rise of Augustus) |
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defence minister to Octavian, the future and first Emperor of the Roman Empire, Caesar Augustus. He was responsible for most of Octavian’s military victories, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. He was the son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus, father-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, maternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero. |
