Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Figure 111

© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (CNG).
(Photographs courtesy of www.cngcoins.com)
Coin issued in Bilbilis (Calatayud), Hispania (Spain), under Tiberius. Lucius Aelius Sejanus was the praetorian prefect under Tiberius from AD 15–31 but following a failed conspiracy to overthrow emperor Tiberius in AD 31 his name was removed (damnatio memoriae). Obv: (TI CAESAR D)IVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS. Laureate head of Tiberius. Rev: MV (ligate) AV(ligate)GVSTA BILBILIS [TI CÆSARE V L ÆLIO SEIANO] (Lucius Aelius Sejanus). The words Caesar L. Aelio Seiano are obliterated. Laurel wreath around COS. (SNG Cop. 620; RPC 1.398).

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