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ID number: BIRBI-R0896 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Augustus; Tiberius I; Lugdunum Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: AD 8-10 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 12.21 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1080. In Paris, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Tiberius, bare, facing l. Reverse: Front elevation of the Altar of Lyons, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, these being flanked by male figures; to l. and r., Victories on columns facing one another.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … I CΛEΓAR.AVGVST.F.IMPPRΛT.V (Tiberius, Son of Caesar Augustus, Imperator for the fifth time) Reverse: None. In Exergue: ROM zT AVC (To Rome and Augustus).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 235
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