9-14 AD. and later, Augustus-Tiberius Caesar, contemporary imitation, irregular Gallic mint, imitative As, cf. Augustus RIC 230 , - Tiberius RIC 233, - 238a, - 245.
Augustus-Tiberius Caesar, contemporary imitation, irregular Gallic mint imitating the Lugdunum mint, 9-14 AD.,
imitative As (ø 23-24 mm / 6,53 g), copper or bronze, axes coin about alignment ↑↓ (160°),
Obv.: [PO]NTIF MAX - CA[ESAR ... ?] , laureate(?) head r.
Rev.: ROMA ET [...] , front elevation of the Roma-Augustus-Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. (correct legend: ROM ET AVG)
cf. Augustus RIC 230 , - Tiberius RIC 233, - 238a, - 245 .
The reverse of this coin features the celebrated Altar of Lugdunum which had been dedicated by Augustus on August 1st, 10 BC.
Each year on the 1st of August the 60 civitates of the three Gauls met at this altar for festivities and to affirm their loyalty to the Empire. The altar had been erected 12 BC. by Drusus.