Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tiberius

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

14-37

Roman; minted in Alexandria, Egypt

The front (obverse) of this coin portrayys the head of Emperor Tiberius, facing right, laureate. The back (reverse) portrays the radiate head of Augustus, also facing right.

In 4 CE, Tiberius was adopted by Emperor Augustus as his son. When Augustus died in 14, he was succeeded by Tiberius. Incluing imagery of the divine Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire, helped Tiberius to advertise his inherited right to rule, as Augustus’s heir.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Tiberius
Place: Egypt (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 14 CE–37 CE
Medium: Billon
Inscriptions: Obverse: TIBERIOS KAISAR [SEBASTOS] Reverse: [THEOS] SEBAS[TOS]
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert L. Grover
Reference Number: 1979.1052
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Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report: 1979-80 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1980), p. 31.

Robert L. Grover (1910-1998), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.

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