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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2400363, member: 19463&quot;]Since the theme of this thread seems to be the &#039;not-so-boring&#039;, I&#039;ll show what I consider my least boring Tiberius types but, honestly, he has never been my idea of a thrilling ruler.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before the death of Augustus (13-14 AD) we have this two headed fourree denarius with Tiberius Caesar.&nbsp; I really should swap sides with these making Augustus the obverse.&nbsp; These Lugdunum denarii are much more scarce than Tribute Pennies and high grade, well centered, well struck ones seem harder to find making the average one offered lower in price than most two headed coins.&nbsp; This one came to me in 1991 making it the most recent acquisition of the three coins shown here; the other two came in 1988.&nbsp; Despite the fact of it being fourree and the damage, it remains my best portrait coin of Tiberius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494537[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps slightly earlier (c.12 AD) is this Lugdunum as in the name of Tiberius.&nbsp; The exact coin is available with legends of Augustus and, in my opinion, the portrait here has a lot of resemblance to Augustus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494539[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Last is my favorite coin of Tiberius - a denarius from India.&nbsp; It has been shown on CT more than once before and has its own page on my site. Coins of this genre are something you either love or would never touch.&nbsp; I love it.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f44.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f44.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f44.html</a></p><p>CNG has sold a couple of them in the time covered by their online records.&nbsp; Neither has brought as much as I might have expected.&nbsp; I remain of the opinion that all 20 or so I have seen come from one find 30+ years ago and the ones we see are resales from those of us who bought them then. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]494538[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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