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As - Tiberius C V T DRVSVS CAES TRIB POT IVL AVGVSTA
| Issuer | Tarraco (Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco) Mint |
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| Year | 22-23 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Tiberius facing right, rendered in portrait style typical of early imperial Roman provincial coinage. The effigy displays close-cropped hair beneath the laurel wreath, with a naturalistic facial profile consistent with Tiberian portraiture. A circular legend surrounds the bust in the field, reading TI CAES AVG PONT MAX TRIB POT, identifying the emperor by his titles of Pontifex Maximus and Tribunicia Potestas. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck at Tarraco during the lifetime of both Drusus Caesar and Livia (here named as Julia Augusta, the title she received on Augustus's death in 14 AD), this as captures a precise political moment: Tiberius consolidating dynastic legitimacy through his son and mother simultaneously. Drusus died the following year, in 23 AD, almost certainly poisoned by Sejanus — making the issue window exceptionally narrow.
Tarraco was the senior Roman colony in Hispania and held the right to mint bronze provincially. The pairing of Drusus with Livia on a single issue from this mint is unusual and was not widely replicated elsewhere in the western provinces.