bpv_812390 - TIBERIUS Dupondius
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Price : 145.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 20-21
Mint name / Town : Samosate, Syrie, Commagène
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré, un peu court sur la légende de revers à l’usure plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI. CAESAR DIVI - AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Tibère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Tiberius Cæsar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus", (Tibère César fils du Auguste, auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXII.
Reverse description : Caducée ailé ou orné de deux palmettes accosté de deux cornes d'abondance entrecroisées.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Consul tertium Imperator septimum Tribunicia Potestate duovicesimum”, (Grand pontife consul pour la troisième fois, revêtu de la septième salutation impériale et de la vingt-deuxième puissance tribunitienne).
Commentary
D. Sear n’a pas retenu ce type dans son ouvrage (RCV 1) et le considère donc comme une monnaie coloniale.
D. Sear did not use this type in his work (RCV 1) and therefore considers it a colonial coin
D. Sear did not use this type in his work (RCV 1) and therefore considers it a colonial coin
Historical background
TIBERIUS
(19/08/14-16/03/37)
Augustus
Tiberius, the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, was born on November 16, 42 BC.. -VS. His father, Caesar's lieutenant during the War of Alexandria (48-47 BC. -VS. ), then rallied to Antoine. Octave kidnapped Livia, Tiberius' mother, and married her in 38 BC. -VS. while she is pregnant by Nero Drusus. To further complicate the family tree of the Julio-Claudians, Tiberius had to divorce Vipsania to marry Julie, the daughter of Augustus, widow of Agrippa (12 BC).. -VS. ). After having chosen him as heir, Augustus prefers his grandsons to him and Tiberius then goes into exile in Rhodes.. After a plot attempt by Julie, Tibère divorces her and will never see her again.. In 4, Augustus adopts Tiberius who succeeds him in 14. His reign will last 23 years. Germanicus, whom he did not love, died in 19. He lost his son Drusus in 23, murdered by his wife, Livilla, with the help of the prefect of the Praetorium, Séjan, her lover, who retained his power until 31. Denounced for his crimes by his sister-in-law, Antonia, Séjan is executed. Tiberius retired to Capri since the year 27, died, possibly assassinated, in 37 and his great-nephew Caligula, great-grandson of Augustus, succeeded him.
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