bpv_660130 - AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 20
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 200 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolis portraits, notamment d’Auguste. Patine grise, tachée
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Predigree :
Exemplaire de la collection Aymé Cornu
Obverse
Obverse legend : LK.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Tibère à gauche .
Obverse legend : TIBERIOS KAIASAR SEBASTOS, (Tiberios Kaisar Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (Tibère césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête radiée d’Auguste à droite.
Reverse legend : QEOZ SEBASTOS, (Qeos Sebastos).
Reverse translation : (Du divin Auguste).
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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