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RIC Volume I - Tiberius (14-37 AD)
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Tiberius, AR Denarius, 15-16, Lugdunum
TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
TR POT XVII
Tiberius, laureate and cloaked, standing in slow quadriga right, laurel branch in right hand, eagle-tipped scepter in left, all horses looking right
IMP VII in exergue
17mm x 18mm, 2.77g
RIC I, 4 (R2)

Note: The reverse commemorates Tiberius' German triumph of 13 BC over the Chatti and Chequsci - the same type struck for him as Caesar under Augustus.


Tiberius, AR Denarius, 14-37, Lugdunum
TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
PONTIF-MAXIM
Female figure seated right on chair with plain legs, vertical scepter in right hand, branch in left, double exergue line
17mm x 18mm, 3.66g
RIC I, 26 (C)
Ex Vel Garnett Collection

Note: This issue is commonly referred to as the "Tribute Penny" from the Bible and is often described as Livia seated on reverse.


Tiberius, AR Denarius, 15-18, Lugdunum
TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right, one ribbon on shoulder
PONTIF-MAXIM
Female figure seated right on chair with ornamented legs, vertical spear in right hand, branch in left, triple exergue line
19.0mm, 3.51g, Die axis 4.0
RIC I, 28 (S); BMC 45

Notes from consignor: EF. Attractive example with dark toning. Nice portrait and wonderful reverse.


Tiberius, AR Denarius, 14-37, Lugdunum
TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
PONTIF-MAXIM
Female figure seated right on chair with ornamented legs, vertical scepter in right hand, branch in left, single exergue line
18mm x 19mm, 3.42g
RIC I, 30 (C)

Note: This example shows an early portrait type of Tiberius, which would place this piece toward the beginning of his reign.


Tiberius, AR Denarius, 14-37, Lugdunum
TI CAESAR DIVI-AVG F AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
PONTIF-MAXIM
Female figure (Livia?) seated right, branch upward in left hand, vertical scepter in right hand, feet on stool, bench with ornamented legs, all on single line
18mm x 19mm, 3.69g
RIC I, 30 (C)


Tiberius, AE Dupondius, 19/20, Syria-Commagene
TI . CAESAR . DIVI . AVGVSTI . F . AVGVSTVS
Laureate head right
PONT . MAXIM . COS . IIII . IMP . VII . TR . POT . XXII
Crossed cornucopiae on either side of winged caduceus
28mm x 30mm, 12.77g
RIC I, 90 (R2)

 

 

Last modified: July 14, 2008