Lot 4380

Thrace / Perinthus - Augusta AD 54-62 - AE25 (9.25 g) - OKTAOYIA ΣEBAΣTH Diademed bust of Octavia right / HPA ΠEPINΘIΩN Statue of Hera of Samos left (RPC 1755) - F, very rare and desirable. Octavia married Nero in AD 53, but they divorced after nine years, after which he banished her to Pandateria (now Ventotene). She was murdered on Nero's authority in AD 62. Coins of Octavia are extremy rare. Only a few known examples.