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As - Tiberius ROM ET AVG, altar of Gauls
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 8-10 |
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| Value | 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, laureate bust of Tiberius facing right, depicted with finely rendered hair and classical portraiture in the Julio-Claudian tradition. The effigy shows the emperor with a strong profile, neatly coiffed hair rendered in individual strands, and a laurel wreath encircling the head. The legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded border, distributed across the field. The overall style is characteristic of the Lugdunum mint's precise and detailed die-cutting of the early Imperial period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ROM ET AVG (Translation: Romae et Augusto. To Rome and the emperor (Augustus).) |
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Struck at Lugdunum (modern Lyon) under Augustus, this issue bears the altar of the Three Gauls — the famous sanctuary erected at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône in 12 BC by Drusus, Augustus's stepson, as a focal point for the imperial cult in the newly pacified provinces. The altar served as an annual gathering point for delegates from sixty Gallic tribes, making it as much a political instrument as a religious one.
The obverse attribution to Tiberius places this among coins struck just before his adoption as Augustus's heir in AD 4 formally consolidated his succession — minted, in other words, during the years when that outcome was still being negotiated.