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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Hispania| > RP88161
Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Tarraco, Hispania Tarraconensis
|Hispania|, |Tiberius,| |19| |August| |14| |-| |16| |March| |37| |A.D.,| |Tarraco,| |Hispania| |Tarraconensis|, After the death of Augustus, Tiberius' mother, Livia Drusilla, took the name Julia Augusta.

Drusus (also called Drusus Junior or Drusus the Younger), the only son of Tiberius, became heir to the throne after the death of Germanicus. Drusus' wife Livilla was seduced by the praetorian prefect Sejanus and she poisoned Drusus to support Sejanus' plot to become emperor. Dying before Tiberius, Drusus never obtained the throne. Sejanus' plot was discovered in 31 B.C. and he and Livilla were executed.
RP88161. Bronze as, Villaronga-Benages 3273, RPC I 233, SNG Cop 528, Benages 17, Vives 171.8, Ripollès Romanas 223, aF, rough, off center, Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain) mint, weight 7.776g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, 22 - 23 A.D.; obverse TI CAES AVG PONT MAX TRIB POT, laureate head of Tiberius right; reverse DRVSVS CAES TRIB POT IVL AVGVSTA, confronted heads of Drusus Caesar right and Livia (Julia Augusta) left, C - V - T (Colonia Vrbs Tarraco) divided across lower field; SOLD



  






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