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Æ20 - Tiberius ΤΙΒ ΓΕΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΣ
| Issuer | Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A dromedary camel standing to the left, depicted in profile within a circular laurel wreath border. The animal is rendered in low relief with its characteristic single hump and elongated legs clearly articulated. The laurel wreath encircling the central device is composed of paired leaves tied at intervals, a common decorative border on provincial bronze coinage of the Julio-Claudian period. No legend appears on the obverse. The overall style is consistent with local Cyrenaican mint production of the early Imperial era. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Cyrenaica's bronze coinage under Tiberius reflects the province's awkward administrative pairing with Crete — a union imposed by Augustus in 27 BC that served Roman bureaucratic convenience more than geographic logic. The two regions shared a single proconsul based in Gortyn, meaning Cyrene's civic and monetary affairs were governed from an island nearly 400 kilometers away. Tiberius showed little personal interest in the eastern provinces, and local bronze issues like this one filled the small-denomination void that Rome's central mints ignored entirely.