Roman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 AD 

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Roman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 AD
Roman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 AD
Roman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 ADRoman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 AD

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3644769
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire, AE Dupondius, 14-37 AD, Drusus and Germanicus sons Tiberius, Sardis, Lydia, 23-26 AD
Country
Roman Empire
Face value
AE 21
Year
23
Variety / overstrike
Era
Roman Empire - Augustus to Vitellius (31 B.C.-69)
Head of State
Tiberius van het Romeinse Rijk (14-37)
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Family
Material
Bronze
Weight
17.56
Diameter
21
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Obverse
DROYSOS KAI GERMANIKOS KAISARES NEOI THEOI FILADELFOI; Drusus en Germanicus, in toga, zittend l.
Reverse
EPI ARXIEPEOS ALEXANDROY KLEONOS SARDIANOY; Krans met daarin KOINOY ASIAS
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
RPC I 2994; BMC 104
Details

This issue is exceptional for several reasons. First of all, the obverse, which describes the brothers as 'neoi theoi' - 'new gods' and 'philadelphoi' - brotherly. This edition is also interesting in the numismatic field. A few years later, a very exceptional 'knock' was used, which replaced the original legend. Much less of the original coin like this one (without knock) has been preserved.

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