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Aureus with head of Tiberius

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

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.65 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.2
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Tiberius, laureate, facing right.
TICAESARDIVI AVGFAVGVSTVS (right up, left down).
Reverse: Livia as Pax seated on chair, draped, facing right, holding branch in left hand and long sceptre in right.
PONTIF MAXIM (right up, left down)
ProvenanceBy 1960: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London; January 14, 1960: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons for £ 25.