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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 1 | Auction date: 25 July 2018 |
| Lot number: 381 | |
| Lot description: Tiberius, as a member of the Imperial family, Ӕ As or Dupondius of Hippo Regius, North Africa. 6-5 BC. Fabius Africanus, proconsul. [CLAVDI]O N[ERONI HIPPONE LI]BE[RA], bare head of Tiberius left; c/m: QYR in Neo-Punic in incuse rectangle / [FABIO AFRIKANO], bare head of Africanus left. RPC I 710 (As); MAA 120 (Dupondius); for c/m Howgego 697. 14.64g, 29mm, 6h. Fair/Poor. Extremely Rare; only two examples recorded by RPC and two others on CoinArchives. The first example to be offered at auction since 2014. Seemingly heir apparent to Augustus, it has been suggested that Tiberius felt sidelined by the adoption of Gaius and Lucius Caesar, which placed him as an interim-emperor until his stepsons came of age, choosing instead to remove himself entirely from the politics of the succession and 'retiring' to the island of Rhodes, a move he made in 6 BC. Struck before the deaths of Gaius and Lucius and his adoption by Augustus and positioning as sole heir, the obverse legend of the present extremely rare coin thus utilises the name he was given at birth: Tiberius Claudius Nero. Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
