Tiberius - RPC I 3017

Roman Provincial, Tiberius ( 14 – 37 CE), Bronze, Ae16, Lydia, Philadelphia (as Neocaesarea) mint

• Obverse: ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΝ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟΝ / bare head of Tiberius facing right
• Reverse ΝΕΟΚΕϹΑΡΕΙΣ / winged thunderbolt
• Denomination:Ae15
• Metal: Bronze
• Mint: Lydia, Philadelphia as Neocaesarea  (14 - 37 CE)
• Rarity: Rare
• Weight/Size/Axis: 3.36 g / 15 mm / 90

References 

• RPC I 3017
• SNG Copenhagen 373
• Vagi 480 (Tiberius Gemellus)
• Kurth 150 (Tiberius Gemellus)

Provenance:

• Ex Roman Provincial Images Collection

Other Information:

Previously attributed to Tiberius Gemellus, a note in RPC online confirms the attribution to the emperor Tiberius Specimen 14 (this coin) from RPC online removes any doubt about the attribution. See J. Clark, 'The renaming of Philadelphia Neocaesarea under the emperor Tiberius', NC 180 (2020), pp. 127-31, for a die study and confirmation of the attribution to Tiberius. The reading is clear on the rare die.”