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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lesbos| > RP86534
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Mytilene, Lesbos
|Lesbos|, |Tiberius,| |19| |August| |14| |-| |16| |March| |37| |A.D.,| |Mytilene,| |Lesbos|, Mytilene founded in the 11th century B.C., is the capital and port of the island of Lesbos and also the capital of the Greek North Aegean Region. Aristotle lived in Mytilene for two years, 337-335 B.C., after working as the tutor to Alexander (the Great). The Romans, among whom was a young Julius Caesar, successfully defeated Mytilene in 81 B.C. Although Mytilene side against Rome in most of the wars of the 1st century B.C., her statesmen convinced Rome of their loyalty to the new ruler of the Mediterranean and the city flourished in Roman times. In 56 A.D., Luke the Evangelist, Paul the Apostle and their companions stopped there briefly on the return trip of Paul's third missionary journey (Acts 20:14).
RP86534. Bronze AE 19, RPC I 2345; SNG Munchen 782 ff.; SNG Cop 414; SNG Tübingen 2728; BMC Lesbos p. 204, 187 ff.; Hunterian II p. 317, 15; Lindgren-Kovacs 430, aF, bumps and scratches, corrosion, Mytilene mint, weight 5.922g, maximum diameter 18.8mm, die axis 180o, c. 35 A.D.; obverse TI ΘEOC CEBACTOC, laureate head of Tiberius right, M-Y/T-I in two divided lines across fields; reverse IOY ΘEA CEBACHTH, draped bust of Livia right, M-Y/T-I in two divided lines across fields; from the David Cannon Collection, ex Beast Coins; scarce; SOLD










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