Tibère (14-37) - Divus Augustus
Sesterce - Rome (22-23).
Magnifique exemplaire.
Exemplaire de la vente Kress 143 du 27 mai 1968, N°441 et de la vente Münzen & Medaillen 38 du 5 juin 2013, N°249 et de la vente New York Sale XXXIV du 6 janvier 2015, N°523.
25.50g - C. 309 - RIC 49
Superbe - NGC CHOICE XF * (5/5 3/5)

Tiberius, the second Emperor of Rome, had clear dynastic ambition, expecting his son Drusus to succeed him, followed by his grandsons Tiberius Gemellus and Germanicus Gemellus. This “Tiberian Dynasty” was never to be, but when this coin was struck the emperor had to beware of shocking the people, and therefore chose to associate himself with his late predecessor, Divus Augustus, so that Tiberius and his descendants become part of the Julio-Claudian ‘Divine House’ (Domus Divina). The Jupiter-like pose of the emperor on the reverse of this coin almost certainly copies the statue which Livia erected near the theatre of Marcellus, and which had become Rome’s main place of worship as the temple of Divus Augustus had not yet been completed.