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Dupondius - Tiberius and Augustus DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER PATR
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 19-21 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | DIVOS AVGVSTVS PATER PATR (Translation: Divus Augustus Pater. The divine emperor (Augustus), father [of the nation].) |
| Edge | Plain |
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This dupondius belongs to a small group of posthumous issues for Augustus struck under Tiberius, most likely at a Spanish provincial mint — RPC I 3918 places it within the Hispanic series rather than Rome itself. Augustus died in 14 AD, and Tiberius moved quickly to cement his own legitimacy through deification coinage, embedding the title DIVVS AVGVSTVS into the public visual record of Roman currency. The pairing of father and successor on a single coin was deliberate political architecture, not sentimentality.