Object numberCC59.2.0316
sestertius, Roman Empire, Tiberius, 34-35 CE
Date34-35 CE
Emperor
Tiberius
CultureItalian
MediumAes
DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 3.38 cm, 23.74 g
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
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Not on viewPeriodRoman Empire
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The quadriga of elephants, with riders, is facing left, and there is a figure of Augustus, radiate, in the car, with a laurel branch in the right hand and a long sceptre in the left. DIVO AUGUSTO SPQR is inscribed in three lines.
DIVO AUGUSTO SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS
DIVO AUGUSTO SPQR
To the Divine Augustus. The senate and people of Rome
TI CAESAR DIVI AUG F AUGUST P M TR POT XXXVI is inscribed around S C.
TIBERIUS CAESAR DIVI AUGUSTI FILIUS AUGUSTUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS TRIBUNICIA POTESTATE XXXVI, SENATUS CONSULTO
TI CAESAR DIVI AUG F AUGUST P M TR POT XXXVI, S C
Tiberius Caesar Augustus, son of the deified Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, with tribuniciaN power for the 36th time. By decree of the senate.
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