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Dupondius - Tiberius C VIBIO MARSO PRCOS II L CAECILIVS PIVS II V F M M I V
| Issuer | Utica (Africa Proconsularis) |
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| Year | 28-29 |
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| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Livia, depicted as a seated female figure, is shown in three-quarter profile facing right, enthroned on a high-backed chair or throne with her feet resting on a footstool. She holds a patera in her extended right hand and a long vertical sceptre in her left, attributes commonly associated with divine or imperial feminine personifications such as Pax or Iustitia. The legend surrounds the figure in two registers and incorporates the names and titles of the local magistrates responsible for the issue. The monogram MM and the letter V appear in the field to either side of the figure, identifying the Municipium Iulium Utica. The overall composition is typical of Tiberian provincial civic bronze issues from Africa Proconsularis. |
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Utica, one of the oldest Phoenician foundations on the North African coast and a city that had backed the losing side in the civil wars, earned its status as a municipium under Augustus — a concession that came with the right to strike local bronze coinage. This dupondius belongs to a magistrate issue naming C. Vibius Marsus as proconsul, a man who would later govern Syria under Tiberius before falling foul of Caligula. The pairing of his second tenure with L. Caecilius Pius as duovir identifies a narrow administrative moment in the province.
Provincial issues from Africa Proconsularis under Tiberius are thinly documented, and Utica's civic coinage ends abruptly — the city never struck again after this period.