A new addition to my ancient collection. I have wanted a Tiberius for awhile but the tribute penny is just too pricey to me & cheaper examples were too porous or had horn silver. I went ahead with Randy's suggestion on a AE and was attracted to this. Mainly for the portrait, which is better in hand, and the reverse since I have NO ancients with standards as the main reverse. I found very little info on this type. I know there is a legend on the reverse & cant make it out. And the only example I found of this on Flickr didnt have the legend either. So any info is greatly appreciated. Tiberius ( 14 - 37 A.D.) AE 'semis' Caesaraugusta, Spain Struck under Duovirs Sextus Aebutius and Lucius Lucretius. O: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head left. R: Aquila between two signa; C C A across field. 19mm 4.9g RPC I 353; SNG Copenhagen 560.
Spanish provincials have always held a certain charm for me. When I was just starting, I very briefly considered collecting provincial issues with Latin legends. Nice coin.
I like it. Didn't find any extra info on it but it looks like a die match for this one . Wonder how rare it is.
I agree with Bill. I too have always been attracted to the semi "celticness" of the Spanish mints, and have considered collecting them. Very unusual portrait of Tiberius. I certainly would have not guess him just based upon the portrait. To me I find that extremely cool.
Well this is the only other example I could find of this type & again dont know the reverse legend. This one has a much better weight too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/julio-claudians/2166468925/
Ti caesar divi avg f avgvstvs sex aebvtivs l lvcretivs ii vir EDIT: software reduced it to lowercase. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS on obverse, SEX AEBVTIVS L LVCRETIVS II VIR on reverse
Lol why man? You were looking for a similar coin and you found him one. Same dang coin, but still you found a similar one!
