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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3730901, member: 80783&quot;]The Sestertius of Tiberius from the Lugdunum mint is highly sought after. As it is the only large bronze portrait coin of Tiberius ever struck anywhere, there is no substitute for a portrait series of Sestertii.</p><p>Outnumbered by Paduans and forgeries 100:1, surviving specimens are usually very worn, such as mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000392[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>TI CAESAR AVGVSTI F IMPERATOR V - bare head of Tiberius left /</p><p>ROM ET AVG - The great Altar of Roma and Augustus at Lugdunum, flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory right and left, the altar ornamented with row of uncertain objects along the top and three wreaths on the front panel.&nbsp; </p><p>Sestertius, Lugdunum AD 10-11 (under Augustus)</p><p>36,43 mm / 22,06 gr</p><p>RIC (Augustus) 240; BMCRE (Augustus) 572-3; CBN (Augustus) 1737; Cayon (<i>Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano</i>) 4; Cohen 28; Sear (<i>Roman Coins &amp; Their Values I</i>) 1753[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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