brm_614475 - TIBERIUS Semis
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Type : Semis
Date: c. 12-14 AD.
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière : l’exemplaire reste bien identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CAESAR AVGVST - F IMPERAT VII.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Tibère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Cæsar Augusti Filius Imperator septimus”, (Tibère césar fils d’Auguste revêtu de la septième salutation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROM ET AVG.
Reverse description : Autel de Lyon.
Reverse translation : “Romæ et Augusti”, (À Rome et Auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le semis semble plus rare que l'as. Les exemplaires en orichalque, donc un métal qui brille comme de l'or, sont peu communs. Ils ont circulé moins longtemps que les as et ne sont en général pas contremarqués.
Historical background
TIBERIUS
(19/08/14-16/03/37)
Caesar
Tiberius, 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 joined Antoine. Octave kidnaps Livia, Tiberius' mother, and marries her in 38 BC. -VS. while she is pregnant by Nero Drusus. To further complicate the Julio-Claudian family tree, Tiberius had to divorce Vipsania to marry Julie, 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 dislikes, dies 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, perhaps assassinated, in 37 and his great-nephew Caligula, great-grandson of Augustus, succeeded him.
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