bpv_853269 - AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 4-14
Mint name / Town : Thessalonique, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 8,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable et lisible. Très beaux portraits. Patine vert gris, légèrement granuleuse
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Tibère à droite (O°).
Obverse legend : TIBERIOS - KAISAR (Tiberios Kaisar)
Obverse translation : (Tibère césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite (O*).
Reverse legend : QESSALO-NIKEWN, (Qessalonikewn)
Reverse translation : (de Thessalonique).
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé 56 exemplaires, un poids moyen de 8,77 g et vingt-cinq coins de droit.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS
(2-14)
Tiberius, son-in-law (son of Livia) and son-in-law (husband of Julie) of Augustus experienced a long crossing of the desert between 6 BC and 2 AD, in exile in Rhodes . He returned to Rome after the death of Gaius Caesar and two years later was appointed as Augustus' successor and associated with power. In 14 at the death of Augustus, he succeeded him without problem.
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