Roman Sestertius Coins

Inv. No.: c062
Date: A.D. 10-11.
Weight: 19.95g
 
Obv.: Tiberius, bareheaded.
TI.CAESAR AVGVSTI F.IMPERATOR V

Rev.: Altar of Lugdunum.
ROM.ET AVG.

Tiberius was called Imperator in a military sense on account of his successes in the field. He was voted seven triumphs in all, but celebrated only three.

The altar erected at Lugdunum to Roma and Augustus was intended as a focus of provincial loyalty.

The Lugdunum mint which issued this coin had a different function from either the senatorial mint at Rome or the imperial mint at Lugdunum. It was probably controlled by the Concilium Galliarum (an assembly of delegates from the constituent cities of the three provinces of Gallia Comata), and its purpose was to keep the Western Empire supplied with small change during a period when the senatorial mint at Rome was almost inactive. The “Altar” series continued into the reign of Tiberius.

Presented by Mr B.J. Duncan, 1982.

Comparanda:
RIC, Augustus 365.