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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.87
People
Tiberius, Roman (r. 14-37 CE)
Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Title
As of Tiberius, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
15-16 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman Imperial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.16 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
as
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: [DIVV]S AVGVSTVS PATER
  • inscription: reverse: SC large, l. and r. in field
  • Obverse Inscription: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER
  • Reverse Inscription: S C

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC I 2, 72 p. 99; BMC Tiberius 151-154

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
1942.176.87
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Radiate head of Augustus l.; before, thunderbolt; above, star; around, [DIVVS] AVGVSTVS PATE[R].
Rev.: Draped female figure seated r., feet on stool, r. hand holding patera, l. hand long scepter; to l. and r., S-C.

Verification Level

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