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Aureus with head of Tiberius
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 14–37
Mint: Lugdunum
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.5 mm. Weight: 7.61 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1973.639
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Tiberius, to right.
TICAESARDIVI AVGFAVGVSTVS
Reverse: Livia (as Pax) seated right, branch in left hand, long scepter in right.
Legs of chair ornamented, single line below.
PONTIF MAXIM
TICAESARDIVI AVGFAVGVSTVS
Reverse: Livia (as Pax) seated right, branch in left hand, long scepter in right.
Legs of chair ornamented, single line below.
PONTIF MAXIM
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 12, 1973; reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, 10/12/1977