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AR25 - Tiberius ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 27-28 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate bust of Tiberius facing left, with finely rendered hair swept back in characteristic Julio-Claudian style. The emperor is depicted with a strong, idealized profile and bare neck. The encircling Greek legend names the emperor as Tiberius Caesar Augustus, with the regnal year ΙΔ (year 14, corresponding to 27-28 AD) inscribed in the lower field to the left of the bust. |
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| Mintage | ND (27-28) |
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Struck in regnal year 14 of Tiberius at the Alexandrian mint, this drachm belongs to a series honoring the deified Augustus — the ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ legend reflecting the formal Egyptian cult of Augustus that operated quite separately from Rome's more cautious official position on imperial apotheosis. Egypt's status as a personal imperial province gave it unusual latitude in such matters; the prefect answered to the emperor alone, bypassing the Senate entirely, which meant divine titulature that would have been politically awkward on Roman coinage could appear here without controversy.