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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3648101, member: 87404"]It looks like the obv bust is resting on a globe, like in this example (Livia on reverse):</p><p><a href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190326_213818487.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190326_213818487.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190326_213818487.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>Divus Augustus, Ruled 27 BC-14 AD, with Julia Augusta (Livia),</b></p><p><b>AE Dupondius, Celtiberian/Roman Hispania, Colonia Romula,</b></p><p><b>Struck under Tiberius after 16 AD</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, Radiate bust of Augustus right; star above, thunderbolt before.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia left set on globe, her head surmounted by a crescent.</p><p><b>References</b>: RPC I 73, SNG Copenhagen 421</p><p><b>Size</b>: 32mm, 22.3g</p><p><i><font size="3"><b>Notes</b>: Augustus captures the deified features of Sol (Apollo) and is associated with his wife Livia (Julia) as Luna. Livia is presented as the mother of the world, placed between the globe and the crescent moon. The accent is placed on the divine role of Augustus surmounted by a celestial body, not unlike that of J. Caesar, accompanied by the lightning of Jupiter. Livia is represented with the lunar (ascending) attribute placed on the globe which indicates that she is alive and mother of the present Augustus, Tiberius.</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it's another type from a similar area in Iberia?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3648101, member: 87404"]It looks like the obv bust is resting on a globe, like in this example (Livia on reverse): [URL='https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190326_213818487.jpg'][IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190326_213818487.jpg?w=723[/IMG][/URL] [B]Divus Augustus, Ruled 27 BC-14 AD, with Julia Augusta (Livia), AE Dupondius, Celtiberian/Roman Hispania, Colonia Romula, Struck under Tiberius after 16 AD[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, Radiate bust of Augustus right; star above, thunderbolt before. [B]Reverse[/B]: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia left set on globe, her head surmounted by a crescent. [B]References[/B]: RPC I 73, SNG Copenhagen 421 [B]Size[/B]: 32mm, 22.3g [I][SIZE=3][B]Notes[/B]: Augustus captures the deified features of Sol (Apollo) and is associated with his wife Livia (Julia) as Luna. Livia is presented as the mother of the world, placed between the globe and the crescent moon. The accent is placed on the divine role of Augustus surmounted by a celestial body, not unlike that of J. Caesar, accompanied by the lightning of Jupiter. Livia is represented with the lunar (ascending) attribute placed on the globe which indicates that she is alive and mother of the present Augustus, Tiberius.[/SIZE][/I] Maybe it's another type from a similar area in Iberia?[/QUOTE]
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