22-23 AD., Tiberius for Livia, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 51.
Tiberius for Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius (died 29 AD.), Rome mint, struck 22-23 AD.,
Sestertius (ø 34,5-35 mm / 25,83 g), brass (“orichalcum“), axes irregular alignment ↑↠(ca. 270°),
Obv.: SPQR / IVLIAE / AVGVST , in three lines r. above carpentum drawn by two mules r., the domed cover supported by two standing figures (Atlantes and Caryatids), its sides ornamented with dancing figures.
Rev.: [TI CAESAR DIVI AVG] F AVGVST P M [TR POT] XXIIII / S·C , legend around large S·C .
New RIC I, 97, 51 (Tiberius) (scarce) ; old RIC I, 21 (Tiberius) ; BMC 130, 76 ; CBN II, 46, 55 ; Coh. 6 (Livia) .
The imperial ladies were given the privileges of Vestals (though without imposing their duties on them). a. Sacrosanctitas, the ius trium liberorum (which gave them legal independence and the possibility of managing their own property), and finally the extraordinary right to travel in a carcass, which is exhibited on the averse of this issue. This sestertius belongs to the great dynastic emission of 22-23 which associates with Tiberius, the divine Augustus, his wife Julia Augusta who is also the mother of the emperor and Drusus, the son of Tiberius. On this occasion, Livie received the right to move in the city with a carpentum. The carpentum was a two-wheeled car, covered with a hood whose curtains were closed and normally pulled by two mules. It could contain two or three people and was the means of locomotion of matrons and women of distinction described by ancient authors. It is also a burial car intended for empresses or ceremonial cars (Suetonius: Caligula 15, Claude 11).