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Dupondius - Tiberius PERMIS P DOLABELLAE PROCOS C P G CAS C I P
| Issuer | Colony of Iulia Pia Paterna (Africa Proconsularis) |
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| Year | 23 |
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| Value | Dupondius (1/8) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Tiberius facing left, rendered in a naturalistic portrait style typical of Julio-Claudian provincial coinage. The emperor's features are firmly modelled, with a strong jawline and short-cropped hair depicted in fine parallel strands. The effigy is set within a beaded border, with the encircling legend distributed around the portrait in the field. No diadem or laurel wreath is present, emphasising the restrained, classicising aesthetic favoured by Tiberius. |
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| Obverse lettering | TI CAE DIVI AVG F AVG IMP VIII COS IIII (Translation: Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus, Augustus, imperator for the eighth time, consul for the fourth time) |
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Struck at Carthage under the authority of the proconsul P. Cornelius Dolabella, this coin belongs to a narrow window of Roman colonial coinage in Africa Proconsularis during the early Tiberian period. Dolabella held the post in AD 23-24, the same year he suppressed the rebellion of Tacfarinas — a Musulamian chieftain who had harassed the province for seven years. The Senate voted Dolabella triumphal ornaments for the victory, though Tiberius pointedly denied him a triumph proper, jealous of military glory on behalf of his generals.