Roman Sestertius Coins

Inv. No.: c064
Date: A.D. 22.
Weight: 24.87g
 
Obv.: Carpentum drawn by two mules.
S.P.Q.R.IVLIAE AVGVST.

Rev.: TI.CAESAR DIVI AVG.F.AVGVST.P.M.TR.POT.XXIIII S.C.

On this coin Tiberius honours his mother Livia, fourth wife of Augustus. On the death of her husband she took his family name, Julia.

The carpentum, or covered carriage, may well have been the regular transport used by imperial matrons. There is probably also an allusion to the procession voted by the Senate in honour of Livia recovery from illness.

The Emperor portrait never appears on sestertii of Tiberius, a precedent set by Augustus.

Presented by Mr B.J. Duncan, 1982.

Comparanda:
RIC, Tiberius 21.