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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.96
People
Tiberius, Roman (r. 14-37 CE)
Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Title
Sestertius of Tiberius, Rome
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
36-37 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture
Roman Imperial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196844

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
27.29 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
sestertius
Date on Object
TR POT XXXIIX
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: DIVO AVGVSTO S P Q R
  • Reverse Inscription: S C; TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXIIX

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC I 2, 68 p. 98; BMC 125-128

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
1942.176.96
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Quadriga of elephants l., with riders (mahouts); figure of Augustus, radiate, in the car, r. hand holding laurel-branch, l. hand long scepter; in field above, [DIVO] | AVGVSTO | S P Q R.
Rev.: S C; around, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXXIIX.

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