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Sestertius - Tiberius ROM ET AVG, altar of Gauls
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 12-14 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Tiberius facing left, rendered in high relief with naturalistic portraiture typical of early Julio-Claudian coinage. The effigy displays finely detailed hair arranged in short, layered strands across the crown and temples. A circular legend surrounds the portrait, running along the coin's periphery. The field is plain, with no additional decorative elements flanking the bust. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck in the final years of Augustus's reign, when Tiberius had already been designated successor, this sestertius commemorates the Ara Romae et Augusti at Lugdunum — the altar consecrated in 12 BC by Drusus to consolidate loyalty among the Gallic tribes. The choice of Lugdunum's mint for this issue was deliberate: the city sat at the administrative heart of the Three Gauls, and the altar itself served a political function, requiring annual assemblies of representatives from sixty-odd Gallic civitates.
RIC I 247 is among the rarer altar types from this terminal Augustan phase, produced in the narrow window between Tiberius's adoption and Augustus's death in 14 AD.