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Aureus with head of Tiberius

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 14–37
Mint: Lugdunum

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 7.68 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.764
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Tiberius, laureate, right.
TICAESARDIVI AVGFAVGVSTVS (no crossbars on the As)
Reverse: Livia, as Pax, seated right, branch in left hand, spear in right.
PONTIF MAXIM (no crossbar on the A and P looks like Greek gamma)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)