brm_797166 - TIBERIUS Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 27-28
Mint name / Town : Afrique Proconsulaire, Utique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 12,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Tibère à gauche (O°1).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Cæsar Divi Augusti Filius Augustus Imperator octavum”, (Tibère césar fils du divin Auguste, auguste revêtu de la huitième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C VIB MARSO PR COS DR CAE Q PR T G RVFUS F C/ D - D/ P - P.
Reverse description : Livie assise à droite sur une chaise, tenant un sceptre vertical de la main gauche et une patère de la droite. Dans les champs D-D /P-P.
Reverse translation : “Caio Vibio Marso Proconsulis Druso Cæsari quæstor Proprætor Tito Gaio Rufo Decreto Decurionum Permissu Proconsulis” (À Caius Vibius Marso proconsul Drusus césar questeur propréteur Titus Gaius Rufus).
Commentary
Ce type fut frappé à Utique entre 27-28 sous le proconsulat de Caius Vibius Marsus. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé vingt-huit exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 11,92 g et vingt-deux coins de droit.
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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