12-14 AD, Tiberius Caesar, Lugdunum mint, Sestertius, RIC 248a var.
Augustus for Tiberius Caesar, Sestertius, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, struck ca. 12-14 AD., countermarked 41-54 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (34-35 mm / 23,22 g),
Obv.: [TI] CAES[AR AVGV]STI F IMPERATOR VII , laureate head of Tiberius facing right.
Rev: ROM ET AVG , 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. , above: square countermark: IMP ("Imperatoris", ligate).
unlisted legend var.,
cf. RIC I (Augustus), 57, 248a (R) (obv. legend:.. AVGVST F IM..) ; cf. BMC 580 ; cf. CBN 1761 ; cf. Coh. 35 ; for countermark: Werz p. 385, 107.16/7 (38 listed, reign of Claudius I) , cf. Chantraine, Novaesium 1902/ -03 (countermark no. 16)
Ex Poinsignon - Numismatique, Paris, 14.10.1995
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.
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![12-14 AD, Tiberius Caesar, Lugdunum mint, Sestertius, RIC 248a var.
Augustus for Tiberius Caesar, Sestertius, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, struck ca. 12-14 AD., countermarked 41-54 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (34-35 mm / 23,22 g),
Obv.: [TI] CAES[AR AVGV]STI F IMPERATOR VII , laureate head of Tiberius facing right.
Rev: ROM ET AVG , 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. , above: square countermark: IMP ("Imperatoris", ligate).
unlisted legend var.,
cf. RIC I (Augustus), 57, 248a (R) (obv. legend:.. AVGVST F IM..) ; cf. BMC 580 ; cf. CBN 1761 ; cf. Coh. 35 ; for countermark: Werz p. 385, 107.16/7 (38 listed, reign of Claudius I) , cf. Chantraine, Novaesium 1902/ -03 (countermark no. 16)
Ex Poinsignon - Numismatique, Paris, 14.10.1995
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.
Schlüsselwörter: Augustus Tiberius Caesar Lugdunum Lyon Sestertius Altar Roma-Augustus-Altar Corona Civica Laurels Victories Columns Countermark](images/image.gif?id=2005450237486 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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12-14 AD, Tiberius Caesar, Lugdunum mint, Sestertius, RIC 248a var.
Augustus for Tiberius Caesar, Sestertius, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, struck ca. 12-14 AD., countermarked 41-54 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (34-35 mm / 23,22 g),
Obv.: [TI] CAES[AR AVGV]STI F IMPERATOR VII , laureate head of Tiberius facing right.
Rev: ROM ET AVG , 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. , above: square countermark: IMP (\"Imperatoris\", ligate).
unlisted legend var.,
cf. RIC I (Augustus), 57, 248a (R) (obv. legend:.. AVGVST F IM..) ; cf. BMC 580 ; cf. CBN 1761 ; cf. Coh. 35 ; for countermark: Werz p. 385, 107.16/7 (38 listed, reign of Claudius I) , cf. Chantraine, Novaesium 1902/ -03 (countermark no. 16)
Ex Poinsignon - Numismatique, Paris, 14.10.1995
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.
Schlüsselwörter: Augustus Tiberius Caesar Lugdunum Lyon Sestertius Altar Roma-Augustus-Altar Corona Civica Laurels Victories Columns Countermark")