Tiberius As from Lugdunum

Well-known coin struck in mammooth quantities for use in Gaul. I remember finding the same one when excavating a Ist Century Roman camp in northern France, when I was a student.

On the reverse is the Altar of Lugdunum (Lyons, France). Every 15 August, delegates from all the Gaulish cities gathered by this altar to officially pledge alliegeance to Rome and the Emperor (ROM ET AVG), to discuss common business, and sometimes write a letter to the Emperor if there was something wrong in the way the Governor was doing his job...

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