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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6832806, member: 86498&quot;]I always got the feeling that Tiberius got something of a bum rap. I guess it really doesn&#039;t help that he has to follow somebody with the political adroitness of Augustus and he knew that despite all his accomplishments he was something of the emperor of last resort. </p><p>Tiberius Av Aureus&nbsp; no date but most likely towards the end of his reign. Lugdunum&nbsp; Obv Head right laureate Rv. Pax seated left. RIC 29 7.79 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1272440[/ATTACH]His silver and gold coinage is in a word monotonous. in fact all he did was to continue with the last issue of his predecessor Augustus. It is perhaps surprising given the extremely varied silver and gold coinage of Augustus. However by copying the last issue by Augustus he was establishing an implied continuity of policy. However the continuation to the point of obsessiveness is very difficult to assess. In a really odd way his precious metal coinage with there unvarying types does sort of resemble the coins from the Hellenistic east with their unchanging designs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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