bpv_809055 - AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 14-15
Mint name / Town : Édesse, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait de Tibère. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Tibère à gauche (O°).
Obverse legend : TIBERIOS KAISAR SEBASTOU (Tiberios Kaisar Sebastou).
Obverse translation : (Tibère césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à gauche (O*).
Reverse legend : SEBASTOU QEOS EDESSAIWN, (Sebastos Qeos Edessaiwn).
Reverse translation : (Auguste divin d’Édesse).
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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