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Quinarius Aureus - Tiberius TR POT XXVII, Victoria
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 25-26 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Victory personified, draped and winged, seated to the right atop a globe, her left wing visible behind her figure. She holds a wreath outstretched in both hands, as if in the act of presenting or crowning. The composition, set within a dotted border, conveys the Augustan ideological theme of perpetual Roman victory and imperial legitimacy. The reverse legend is distributed in the field around the central figure. The rendering is characteristic of the refined, classicizing style of early first-century imperial gold coinage from Lugdunum. |
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The quinarius aureus denomination — struck at half the weight of a standard aureus — saw limited use under the early Principate, and Tiberius issued relatively few of them. This piece, dated by tribunician power to 25–26 AD, falls squarely within his reclusive middle reign, after the death of Drusus in 23 AD and before his full withdrawal to Capri in 27 AD. Whether these half-aurei circulated widely or served a more specific purpose in donatives or payments remains debated among specialists.
RIC I #11 is not a common type. The small flan and high gold content made the quinarius aureus vulnerable to clipping, and survivors in decent condition are genuinely scarce.