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Sestertius with Tiberius seated
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 22–23
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 34 mm. Weight: 28.46 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1985.231
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Tiberius, seated, left, phiale in right hand, scepter in left.
CIVITATIBVSASIAE RESTITVTIS
Reverse: S.C (in center)
TICAESAR.DIVI.AVGF.AVGVST.PMTRPOTXXIIII.
CIVITATIBVSASIAE RESTITVTIS
Reverse: S.C (in center)
TICAESAR.DIVI.AVGF.AVGVST.PMTRPOTXXIIII.
ProvenanceBy 1985: with Frank Sternberg, Bahnhofstrasse 84, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland (Sternberg auction 15, Hotel Bellerive au Lac, Zurich, April 11-12, 1985, lot 325); bid on behalf of MFA at the Sternberg auction by Dennis P. Devine; purchased by MFA from Frank Sternberg and Dennis P. Devine, May 22, 1985