As of Tiberius, Rome | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.97
People: Tiberius, Roman (r. 14-37 CE)
Title: As of Tiberius, Rome
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 35-36 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture: Roman Imperial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/180374

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

11.5 g

Die Axis

1

Denomination

as

Date on Object

IMP VIII; TR POT XXXVII

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII
Reverse Inscription: S C; PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXVII

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RIC I 2, 59 p. 98

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year: 1942
Object Number: 1942.176.97
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Laureate head of Tiberius l.; around, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII.
Rev.: Vertical winged caduceus; to l. and r., S-C; around, PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST XXXVII.

Exhibition History

Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008

Verification Level

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